Lepidocampa Dipluran vs Blind Cave Campodea

Side-by-side species comparison

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

Lepidocampa Dipluran

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

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Did You Know?

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

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.