A New Litocampa (Diplura: Campodeidae) from an Epigean Environment in the Great Smoky Mountains and the Biogeography of Cavernicolous Diplurans in the Appalachians
Ferguson LM. 1999. A New Litocampa (Diplura: Campodeidae) from an Epigean Environment in the Great Smoky Mountains and the Biogeography of Cavernicolous Diplurans in the Appalachians. Pages 109-120. In Proceedings of the Appalachian Biogeography Symposium. Donaldson Brown Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. June 25-29, 1995. Virginia Museum of Natural History. Special Publication Number 7
ABSTRACT: A new species, Litocampa condei, has been found in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee under embedded rocks at an elevation of approximately 1725 metters. Previously, species of this genus in the United States were known only from caves, although endogean species are known from subtropical and tropical areas elsewhere....
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- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Ferguson, Lynn
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, biodiversity, Campodeidae, Diplura, dipluran, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, new species, SER, Southeast Region, taxonomy