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Species Orchesella cincta

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Entomobryomorpha (Elongate-bodied Springtails)
Superfamily Entomobryoidea
Family Entomobryidae (Slender Springtails)
Subfamily Orchesellinae
Genus Orchesella
Species cincta (Orchesella cincta)
Explanation of Names
Orchesella cincta (Linnæus 1758)
Identification
white band on body and basal part of antennae. The easiest character to distinguish celsa from cincta is the thin black middorsal line running from the metathoracic segment to the 3rd abdominal segment (present in celsa, absent in cincta); in case the middorsal line is not visible, check the antennae: distinct white bands present in cincta, absent or indistinct in celsa. [comment by Frans Janssens]
Range
holarctic; in NA, northeastern(1)
Internet References
Species page(2)
Works Cited
1.An updated checklist of Canadian and Alaskan Collembola
Babenko A., Stebaeva S., Turnbull M.S. 2019. Zootaxa 4592: 1‒125.
2.NatureSpot: recording the wildlife of Leicestershire and Rutland
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 5 July, 2006 - 6:10pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 15 December, 2023 - 8:51pm

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