Genus Hypogastrura

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Habitat

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)

Order Poduromorpha

Family Hypogastruridae

Genus Hypogastrura

Other Common Names

H. nivicola, H. harveyi, and H. tooliki are active in winter and are called "snow fleas".

Explanation of Names

Author: Bourlet, 1839

Numbers

Nearctica lists 81 species.

Identification

Per Frans Janssens here, some diagnostic characters of Hypogastrura:

1. poor dorsal setal coverage (few setae per segment)

2. short furca

3. small anal spines

4. 8 ocelli in each eyepatch

Habitat

Contributed by tom murray on 26 January, 2007 - 12:12pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Phillip Harpootlian, Vox Sciurorum, KenW
Last updated 22 April, 2011 - 9:45am

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