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Post by L Roebuck on Apr 4, 2008 6:02:27 GMT -5
Tiny bug found in Grand Canyon region cave suggests big biodiversity Northern Arizona University FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (April 3, 2008) -- The discovery of a new genus of a tiny booklouse from a northern Arizona cave may lead to further protection for cave ecosystems. J. Judson "Jut" Wynne, a Northern Arizona University doctoral student and cave research scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey's Southwest Biological Science Center, and Kyle Voyles, a cave researcher from Parashant National Monument, recently discovered a new genus of psocopteran (booklouse) from a cave on the western edge of the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. This is the third new genus of invertebrates found by the two scientists since 2006. Wynne and Voyles discovered a new cricket genus and a new millipede genus in Grand Canyon region caves. They also have unearthed 15 new insect species from Grand Canyon region caves. Article
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