Two new springtails described from caves in southern Belize

Subterranean Ecology Institute’s 2011 expedition turned up two tiny springtails species which are new to science. These animals have been described in the online journal ZooKeys. The authors Felipe Soto-Adames and Steve Taylor (both of the University of Illinois [note 2018: now Florida State Collection of Arthropods and Colorado College, respectively]) describe these species and review morphological characters and the distribution of the species related to the newly described animals. The 40 page scientific article includes photographs by SEI expedition members Mike Slay and Geoff Hoese, in including photographs of in-cave habitats where these animals were collected in southern Belize. One of the two species Trogolaphysa jacobyi, is a troglobiont, and is named for one of the collectors, SEI Secretary JoAnn Jacoby (pictured in foreground, below).