These individuals, which are capable of flight, suggest that this normally cave-limited species is able to colonize other, geographically separated caves via above-ground dispersal.

• 这些共同而容易被测量定义的洞穴性质即提供生物学家了解穴居生物的趋同与平行适应的演化历史，而重建某一穴居生物的亲缘关系即成为探讨此议题不可或缺的方法。