Animals and Plants Unique to the Netherlands

Netherlands

Parasitic wasps known solely from the Netherlands include Aprostocetus epilobiellus (NHM - London), Camptoptera magna (NHM - London), and Echthroplexiella (or Ectroma) dunensis (fig. 2 at BHL). Other endemic insects include an ant Myrmica schenckioides (NEV pdf file), the freeloader fly Phyllomyza pallida (Milichiidae online), and an endemic genus of non-biting midge Molleriella calcarella (Nederlands Soortenregister).

A jellyfish Eucheilota flevensis (Marine Species) has only been recorded from the Netherlands.

Vascular plants known solely from the Netherlands include several brambles: Rubus canduliger (Stellaria)(SpringerLink), Rubus erinulus (IPNI), Rubus gloriosus (IPNI), Rubus nelliae (IPNI), and Rubus tubanticus (IPNI).

See also Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten.

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