Genus Ptenothrix

Classification · Identification

Globular Springtail - Ptenothrix marmorata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)

Order Symphypleona (Globular Springtails)

Family Dicyrtomidae

Genus Ptenothrix

Identification

To distinguish Dicyrtomina from Ptenothrix check the middorsal markings. In Dicyrtomina there is almost always a kind of cross-like light pigmentation middorsally. In Ptenothrix the middorsal pigmentation is more variable.

… Frans Janssens, 13 January, 2009

Contributed by tom murray on 18 October, 2006 - 6:28am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban
Last updated 13 January, 2009 - 8:54am

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