Animals and Plants Unique to Andorra

Andorra

Insects known only from Andorra include a cave-dwelling ground beetle Hypotyphlus andorranus (RACO), a round fungus beetle Speonomites andorranus (GBIF) (Google Books), a braconid wasp Protapanteles pyrenaicus (ResearchGate), a cockroach Phyllodromica andorrana (CSF WM), a dance fly Platypalpus pyreneensis (ZooKeys), and a winter crane fly Trichocera andorrensis (fig. 14 at ResearchGate).

Other endemic invertebrates include a wolf spider Pyrenecosa spinosa (araneae) (BHL) and a mite Campylothrombium soldeuensis (SEA WM pdf).

Endemic vascular plants include a fleabane Erigeron cabelloi (Flora del Pirineo WM) (Univ. Málaga pdf) and the hawkweeds Hieracium rosselloanum (JSTOR) (Google Books) and Hieracium pessonianum (ResearchGate).

Andorra is part of the Pyrenees terrestrial ecoregion (EoE), one of Europe's most important centers of endemism.

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