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Cyphoderus galapagoensis Jacquemart, 1976

Colémbolo, Springtail

Scavenger; littoral, arid, agricultural and humid forest zones; leaf litter rotten Opuntia, forest humus at 200 m; January-April

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Entognatha

Order
Collembola

Suborder
Entomobryomorpha

Superfamily
Entomobryoidea

Family
Cyphoderidae

Genus
Cyphoderus

Species
galapagoensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Isabela, Santa Cruz.

References

  • Jacquemart, S. (1976) Collemboles nouveaux des iles Galapagos Mission zoologique belge aux îles Galapagos et en Ecuador, 3, 137-157.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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