Zorotypus hubbardi
FAMILY
Zorotypidae
TAXONOMY
Zorotypus hubbardi Caudell, 1918, Florida, United States.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Hubbard's angel insect.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
No superficial, macroscopic, specific characters; recognizable by distribution. Body length 0.10–0.11 in (2.6–2.9 mm). Color medium to dark brown.
DISTRIBUTION
Southeastern United States. The most widely distributed zorapteran in North America.
HABITAT
Under bark in moist logs and in sawdust piles on old mill sites.
BEHAVIOR
Occurs in colonies that may persist for several years.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Feeds on fungal spores and hyphae; ingestion of other foods, such as arthropod fragments, may be fortuitous and may represent a more general scavenging habit.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Bisexual or facultatively parthenogenetic. Oviparous, with four or five nymphal instars.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.
