Species Dicyrtomina minuta

Classification · Remarks · Internet References

Flotilla of globular springtails - Dicyrtomina minuta

Globular Springtail - Dicyrtomina minuta

Globular Springtail - Dicyrtomina minuta - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)

Order Symphypleona (Globular Springtails)

Family Dicyrtomidae

Subfamily Dicyrtominae

Genus Dicyrtomina

Species minuta (Dicyrtomina minuta)

Remarks

Very common in the UK. Probably an introduced species.

Internet References

Dicyrtomina minuta in the UK

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 11 December, 2006 - 2:00pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 16 December, 2010 - 5:09pm

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