''Cryptopygus campbellensis'' is a species of

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belonging to the family Isotomidae. The species was first described by Keith Arthur John Wise in 1964. The species is native to Campbell Island in the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands.

Description

The species is deep blue to black in colour, with a body length of up to . It can be differentiated from '' Cryptopygus antarcticus'' by having a rounded post-antennal organ.

Distribution

The species is known to occur in the Campbell Islands. The holotype of the species was found at Rocky Bay on the south coast near Mount Dumas, under Tillaea in a penguin colony.

References

{{Authority control Animals described in 1964 Entomobryomorpha Endemic arthropods of New Zealand Fauna of the Campbell Islands Taxa named by Keith Arthur John Wise