Species Hypogastrura harveyi

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Food · See Also

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)

Order Poduromorpha

Family Hypogastruridae

Genus Hypogastrura

Species harveyi (Hypogastrura harveyi)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Achorutes harveyi Folsom 1902

Identification

1+1 setae on the 'area verticalis' of the head

long anal spines

long setae on the posterior margin of the 4th and 5th abdominal segments.

long antennae, a bit longer then the head diagonal

knobbed basal antennal segments, followed by 2 tubular antennal segments.

-- Frans Janssens

Food

Microorganisms and fungi in surface film

See Also

Hypogastrura nivicola

Contributed by tom murray on 1 March, 2007 - 4:24pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, ceiseman
Last updated 14 June, 2009 - 9:27pm

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