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====Terrestrial invertebrates==== Two invertebrate taxa are [[endemic]] to Lundy, with both feeding on the endemic Lundy cabbage (''[[Coincya wrightii]]''). These are the Lundy cabbage flea beetle (''[[Psylliodes luridipennis]]''), a species of [[leaf beetle]] (family Chrysomelidae) and the Lundy cabbage weevil (''[[Ceutorhynchus contractus]]'' var. ''pallipes''), a variety of [[Curculionidae|true weevil]] (family Curculionidae).<ref name="Natural England">{{cite web |url= http://www.english-nature.org.uk/virtualtours/Lundy/Lundy_wildlife.htm |title=Lundy island, virtual tour β wildlife |access-date=5 September 2007 |work=Natural England |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081120062103/http://www.english-nature.org.uk/virtualtours/Lundy/Lundy_wildlife.htm |archive-date=20 November 2008}}</ref><ref name="Compton and Key" /> In addition, the Lundy cabbage is the main host of a flightless [[Form (zoology)|form]] of ''[[Psylliodes napi]]'' (another species of flea beetle) and a wide variety of other invertebrate species which are not endemic to the island.<ref name="Compton and Key">{{Cite journal |last1=Compton |first1=S. G. |last2=Key |first2=R. S. |title=''Coincya wrightii'' (O. E. Schulz) Stace (''Rhynchosinapis wrightii'' (O. E. Schulz) Dandy ex A. R. Clapham) |journal=Journal of Ecology |volume=88 |issue=3 |pages=535β547 |date=2000 |bibcode=2000JEcol..88..535C |doi=10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00477.x |doi-access=free}}</ref> Another resident invertebrate of note is ''[[Atypus affinis]]'', the only British species of [[Atypical tarantula|purseweb spider]].<ref name="Natural England" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Lundy: A Wildlife Haven |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2005/11/11/lundy_island_feature.shtml |date=15 August 2010 |access-date=19 August 2014 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>
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