Species Entomobrya nivalis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Entomobryid on bunchflower - Entomobrya nivalis

Entomobrya nivalis? - Entomobrya nivalis

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 Entomobryinae

Genus Entomobrya

Species nivalis (Entomobrya nivalis)

Explanation of Names

Entomobrya nivalis (Linnæus 1758)

Identification

"Note the characteristic dorsal U-shaped marking on the posterior part of the abdomen." (comment by Frans Janssens)

Range

n. holarctic(1)

Remarks

"...nice illustration of the complications of identification based on macrophotographs. The typical U-shaped pigment pattern on the 4th abdominal segment is obfuscated by the gut contents. Due to the transparency of the body, the contents of the gut may contribute to the 'pigmentation' as in this specimen. The middorsal dark 'pigment' in this specimen is in fact the contents of the gut, especially the last dark part as seen in the 5th abdominal segment forming a faecal pellet. So be aware of these gut contents effect creating 'false pigmentation'." (comment by Frans Janssens)

Internet References

Species page(2)

Works Cited

1.	An updated checklist of Canadian and Alaskan Collembola Babenko A., Stebaeva S., Turnbull M.S. 2019. Zootaxa 4592: 1‒125.

2.	NatureSpot: recording the wildlife of Leicestershire and Rutland

Contributed by tom murray on 5 July, 2006 - 7:25am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 5 December, 2023 - 10:44pm

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