Blind Cave Campodea vs Lepidocampa Dipluran

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Attribute Blind Cave Campodea Lepidocampa Dipluran
Scientific Name Campodea maestrazgoensis Lepidocampa weberi
Order Diplura Diplura
Family Campodeidae Campodeidae
Size 4-6 mm 4-7 mm
Habitat Indoors Forests
Diet Detritivores Fungus Feeders
Regions Spain Southeast Asia
Conservation Data Deficient Least Concern

Blind Cave Campodea

A cave-dwelling dipluran from the Maestrazgo region of eastern Spain. It shows typical troglomorphic features including elongated appendages.

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Did You Know?

It is restricted to a very small number of caves in the Iberian Peninsula.

Lepidocampa Dipluran

A tropical dipluran found in forest soils across Southeast Asia. It has distinctive scale-covered body segments.

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Its body is covered in tiny scales, unusual among diplurans.