Species Entomobrya intermedia

Classification · Identification · See Also

Elongate-bodied Springtail - Entomobrya intermedia

Elongate-bodied Springtails - Entomobrya intermedia

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)

Order Entomobryomorpha (Elongate-bodied Springtails)

Family Entomobryidae

Genus Entomobrya

Species intermedia (Entomobrya intermedia)

Identification

"...typically pigmented with a W-shape at the anterior part of the 4th abdominal segment (in front of the the 2 parallel lines). In some specimens the inner part of the W-shape (the inverted V) is more faint. This is common in juveniles." (comment by Frans Janssens)

See Also

Entomobrya multifasciata

"The difference with E. multifasciatus [sic] is that in E. intermedia the longitudinal lateral pigmentation on the 4th abdominal segment is continuous while in E. multifasciatus it is interrupted halfway." (comment by Frans Janssens)

Contributed by tom murray on 26 December, 2006 - 9:05pm
Additional contributions by Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 4 May, 2009 - 12:24pm

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