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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Sminthuroidea » Sminthuridae » Sminthurinae » Allacma » Allacma fusca

Species Allacma fusca

Classification · Size · Identification · Remarks · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Symphypleona (Globular Springtails)
Superfamily Sminthuroidea
Family Sminthuridae
Subfamily Sminthurinae
Genus Allacma
Species fusca (Allacma fusca)
Size
Up to 3.5 mm
Identification
Dorsal 'snowflake' pattern, typical in many specimens of Allacma fusca and usually best seen in pale colour forms.
Colour form usignata has U-shaped dorsal sign.
(Comments by Frans Janssens).
Remarks
Widespread in the UK. endemic to western Europe, according to Wikipedia. Probably an introduced species.
Internet References
Allacma fusca in the UK
Wikipedia
Contributed by tom murray on 22 July, 2007 - 8:26pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 15 December, 2010 - 1:23pm

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