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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Isotomidae

Family Isotomidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
ID for Springtail in CA? - Specimen 1 - Isotoma viridis Springtail - Folsomia regularis Blue Elongate Springtail - Vertagopus arboreus? - Vertagopus arboreus Isotomidae 11 Plot 116 - Desoria Springtail 19 Plot 066 - Isotomiella Springtail on duckweed - Isotomurus tricolor Isotomid springtail, S. CA - Isotomurus palustris Aquatic Isotomid - Isotomurus retardatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Entomobryomorpha (Elongate-bodied Springtails)
Family Isotomidae
Explanation of Names
Isotomidae Schäffer 1896
Numbers
?>200 spp.(1) in ~55 genera in our area, close to 1,400 spp. in ~110 genera worldwide arranged in 4 subfamilies (all represented in our area)(2)
Identification
A simple scheme to distinguish the larger specimens of three genera:
Isotoma: macrosetae on all body segments
Isotomurus: macrosetae on posterior body segments only
Desoria: macrosetae absent
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(2)
Remarks
a representative of the superfamily Isotomoidea that also includes Actaletidae, with one C.American (to FL) and one monotypic w. Palaearctic genus(2)
Print References
(3)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Bellinger P.F., Christiansen K.A., Janssens F. (1996‒2023) Checklist of the Collembola of the World
3.Synopses on Palaearctic Collembola, Vol. 3. Isotomidae
Potapov M. 2001. Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. Görlitz 73(2): 1‒603.
Contributed by tom murray on 5 July, 2006 - 5:01pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 4 December, 2023 - 4:24pm

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