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Xenylla yucatana Mills, 1938

Colémbolo, Springtail

Slide preparation of Xenylla yucatana, housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 27095). Photo: Marc Barreda, CDF, 2024.
Slide preparation of Xenylla yucatana, housed in the ICCDRS collection (ICCDRS 27095). Photo: Marc Barreda, CDF, 2024.

Scavenger; in all zones; very abundant in humus; January-March

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Entognatha

Order
Collembola

Suborder
Poduromorpha

Superfamily
Hypogastruroidea

Family
Hypogastruridae

Genus
Xenylla

Species
yucatana

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Marchena, Pinzon, Pinta, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz.

References

  • Da Gama, M. M. (1986) Systématique évolutive des Xenylla. XIV: Espèces provenant de Thaïlande, Bornéo, Australie et Norfolk, Galápagos, Mexique et Curaçao (Insecta: Collembola)
  • Mari Mutt, J.A. Bellinger, P.F. (1990) The Catalog of the Neotropical Collembola Flora & Fauna Handbook No. 5, Sand Hill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida, 237 pp.
  • Najt, J. Thibaud, J.-M., & Jacquemart, S. (1991) Les Collemboles (Insecta) de l´Archipel des Galápagos. I. Poduromorpha. Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique, Entomol. 61: 149-166.
  • Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.

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