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Species Morulodes ambiguus

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Poduromorpha
Superfamily Neanuroidea
Family Neanuridae
Subfamily Neanurinae
Tribe Morulodini
Genus Morulodes
Species ambiguus (Morulodes ambiguus)

Identification

"Note on abd.4 that the dorso-internal tubercles are fused. Which is typical in ambiguus. In its close relatives serratus and setosus the dorso-internal tubercles are not fused." (as per comment from Frans Janssens here)