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Family Isotomidae

Springtail - Proisotoma minuta Springtail Large Golden Elongate Springtail - Isotoma viridis Springtail from soaked moss - Folsomia Isotomidae 10 - Folsomia I don't know - Folsomia prima Cheirotoma spatulata Unknown Isotomidae (Mucrosomia?) - Mucrosomia
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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