Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Xenylla yucatana
Scavenger; in all zones; very abundant in humus; January-March
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
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz (Da Gama, 1986).
- 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.
- 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.
- Da Gama, M. M. (1986) Systématique évolutive des Xenylla. XIV: Espèces provenant de Thaïlande, Bornéo, Australie et Norfolk, Galápagos, Mexique et Curaçao (Insecta: Collembola)
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"Galapagos Species Database, Xenylla yucatana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7049. Accessed 19 June 2025.