Deuteraphorura leitzaensis ( Beruete, Arbea & Jordana, 2001 )

Beruete, Enrique, Arbea, Javier I., Baquero, Enrique & Jordana, Rafael, 2021, The family Onychiuridae (Collembola) from karst caves of the Basque biospeleologic district, with description of four new species, Zootaxa 5040 (2), pp. 151-194 : 172

Deuteraphorura leitzaensis ( Beruete, Arbea & Jordana, 2001)

Onychiurus leitzaensis Beruete, Arbea & Jordana, 2001 . Boln. Asoc. esp.Ent., 25(1-2): 13

Deuteraphorura leitzaensis (Beruete, Arbea & Jordana) : Arbea et al., 2011. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), 48: 352

Studied Material. Loc. 20. 1 ex., 16.V.1988 (holotype); 3 ex., 8.XII.1985; 1 ex., 17.VIII.1987.

So far it is only known from the type locality, in the Goiko errotako zuloa cave, Leitza, Navarra, not appearing in other neighboring caves ( Beruete 2000a, Beruete et al. 2001, Jordana et al. 2012). It lives in an active cavity, with the circulation of a permanent underground river in the lower level, which in times of heavy rain or thaw can flood the entry level. The distance between this cave and that of Akelar, one of the caves inhabited by D. akelaris , does not reach 10km. It has been found on the surface of puddles and gours, as well as on scattered Rhinolophus sp. guano.