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A troglobite (or, formally, troglobiont) is an animal species, or population of a species, strictly bound to underground habitats, such as caves.These are separate from species that mainly live in above-ground habitats but are also able to live underground (eutroglophiles), and species that are only cave visitors (subtroglophiles and trogloxenes). [1]
These are the true cavernicole species; troglobites rather than troglophiles or trogloxenes. These include; spiders and insects. Cavernicolous insect species rarely are adapted to move from cave to cave, so each species or community generally will be restricted wholly to certain caves or cave systems each, and commonly will have evolved in ...
As a result, stygofauna may live longer than other terrestrial species. For example, the crayfish Orconectes australis from Shelta Cave in Alabama has been estimated to reproduce at 100 years and live to 175 [ 3 ] although more recent research suggests their lifespan is closer to 22 years.
Troglochares ashmolei is the only acidocerine species known to occur in cavernicolous habitats. [1] Species. Troglochares ashmolei Spangler, 1981; References
A couple of species are cavernicolous, feeding on roots in volcanic caves. Females occasionally bear impressive "wax tails" produced by wax-producing plates at the tip of their abdomen. [3] [4] Several species are of economic importance (e.g. Hyalesthes obsoletus, Haplaxius crudus).
Trichopetalum whitei, common name Luray Caverns blind cave millipede, is a rare troglobitic (obligate cavernicolous) millipede of the upper Potomac River drainage in four Virginia counties and three West Virginia counties.
Most earwigs are nocturnal and inhabit small crevices, living in small amounts of debris, in various forms such as bark and fallen logs. Species have been found to be blind and living in caves, or cavernicolous, reported to be found on the island of Hawaii and in South Africa.
Tribasodites kawadai is a species of beetles first found in Guangxi, China. [1] References This page was last edited on 8 November 2023, at ...