Species Lepidocyrtus cyaneus

Classification · Identification

Elongate-bodied Springtail - Lepidocyrtus cyaneus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)

Order Entomobryomorpha (Elongate-bodied Springtails)

Family Entomobryidae

Genus Lepidocyrtus

Species cyaneus (Lepidocyrtus cyaneus)

Identification

"covered with scales as in Tomoceridae, but note the short antennae." "3rd antennal segment is a bit shorter than the second ". F. Janssens comments.

Contributed by tom murray on 6 March, 2007 - 2:58pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 12 February, 2008 - 7:36am

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