Galapagos Species Database
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Cyphoderus agnotus
Colémbolo, Springtail
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Entognatha
Order
Collembola
Family
Paronellidae
Genus
Cyphoderus
Species
agnotus
Taxon category: Accepted
Katz et al. (2016) suggest it matches Cyphoderus agnotus, but the species description lacks diagnostic details. Oliveira et al. (2023) report as species but do not specify the island.
- Katz, A. D. Taylor, S. J., Soto-Adames, F. N., Addison, A., Hoese, G. B., Sutton, M. R., & Toulkeridis, T. (2016) New records and new species of springtails (Collembola: Entomobryidae, Paronellidae) from lava tubes of the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Subterranean Biology, 17, 77-120. Subterranean Biology, 17, 77-120.
- Oliveira, J. V. L. C., Zeppelini, D., Castaño-Meneses, G., & Palacios-Vargas, J. G. (2023) Neotropical Cyphoderus (Collembola: Paronellidae), with comments about myrmecophily and the description of new species. Neotropical Entomology, 52(4), 652-696.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cyphoderus agnotus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25564. Accessed 5 November 2026.