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New Diplura Species - Lepidocampa sikkimensis
February 28 , 2026
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- Scientists of the Zoological Survey of India have discovered a new species of Diplura named Lepidocampa sikkimensis in the eastern Himalayas.
- Diplura are primitive hexapods under the class Hexapoda.
- They are soil-dwelling micro-arthropods.
- This is the first Diplura species formally described by an Indian research team.
- Earlier, 17 Diplura species had been recorded in India, all identified by foreign scientists.
- Researchers also rediscovered Lepidocampa juradii bengalensis, a rare subspecies not recorded for nearly 50 years.
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