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Species Folsomia prima

.Elongate-bodied Springtail - Isotomidae - Folsomia prima

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)

Order Entomobryomorpha (Elongate-bodied Springtails)

Family Isotomidae

Subfamily Proisotominae

Genus Folsomia

Species prima (Folsomia prima)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Folsomia sylvestrii Folsom 1937

Explanation of Names

Folsomia prima Mills 1931

Identification

"...has a very characteristic white and black banding: each segment has an anterior white band and posterior black band at the segment margins." ―Frans Janssens

Range

Nearctic

Contributed by John F. Carr on 10 March, 2009 - 5:19am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 3 December, 2023 - 9:51pm

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