Species Entomobrya nicoleti

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

Springtail on water - Entomobrya nicoleti

Light orange springtail with very little marking - Entomobrya nicoleti

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)

Order Entomobryomorpha (Elongate-bodied Springtails)

Superfamily Entomobryoidea

Family Entomobryidae (Slender Springtails)

Subfamily Entomobryinae

Genus Entomobrya

Species nicoleti (Entomobrya nicoleti)

Explanation of Names

Entomobrya nicoleti (Lubbock 1870)

Identification

Typical pattern = 2 bilateral spots at posterior part of 4th abdominal segment. This form has never been recorded from the USA. Therefore the cf. (=confer, 'like') in the name. US taxonomists consider such specimens as light colour forms of E. multifasciata or E. nivalis. (Comment by Frans Janssens)

Range

Europe, Australia, Macronesia (widespread and common in the UK). Probably introduced in NA.

Internet References

Species page(1)

Works Cited

1.	NatureSpot: recording the wildlife of Leicestershire and Rutland

Contributed by tom murray on 19 June, 2007 - 5:50am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 5 December, 2023 - 10:38pm

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