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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Willowsiinae » Willowsia » Willowsia nigromaculata

Species Willowsia nigromaculata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Spring Tail - Willowsia nigromaculata 010812. 1 - Willowsia nigromaculata Springtail - Willowsia nigromaculata Springtail - Willowsia nigromaculata Possibly Lepidocyrtus pallidus? - Willowsia nigromaculata Entomobryidae? - Willowsia nigromaculata Elongated Body Springtail ID Request - Willowsia nigromaculata springtail from window - Willowsia nigromaculata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Entomobryomorpha (Elongate-bodied Springtails)
Superfamily Entomobryoidea
Family Entomobryidae (Slender Springtails)
Subfamily Willowsiinae
Genus Willowsia
Species nigromaculata (Willowsia nigromaculata)
Explanation of Names
Willowsia nigromaculata (Lubbock 1873)
Identification
"Note the metallic iridescent body, indicating the presence of translucent scales. Scales + Entomobrya lookalike body form point to Willowsia. Given the black dorsal pigmentation on the abdomen (the markings clustered bilaterally in 3 areas) it is W. nigromaculata" ―Frans Janssens
Range
Holarctic(1)
Habitat
a typical domestic springtail, often found in 'artificial caves' such as (green)houses ―Frans Janssens
Works Cited
1.An updated checklist of Canadian and Alaskan Collembola
Babenko A., Stebaeva S., Turnbull M.S. 2019. Zootaxa 4592: 1‒125.
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 14 June, 2007 - 1:22pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Robin McLeod, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 15 December, 2023 - 9:20pm

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