Invertebrate stocks that colonized Ascension underwent a variety of evolutionary changes including phyletic evolution leading to endemic status, adaptation to subterranean life (Araneae, Pseudoscorpiones, Collembola, and Psocoptera), character release (phorid Diptera), and probably splitting of lineages (speciation) within the island (Isopoda, Collembola, and gryllid Orthoptera). From Wordnik.com. [Ascension scrub and grasslands] Reference
The relatively high diversity of Pseudoscorpiones (five species in five genera) and their 100% apparent endemicity is notable. ". From Wordnik.com. [Ascension scrub and grasslands] Reference
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