Species Dicyrtoma fusca

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Purple Globular Springtail - Dicyrtoma fusca

Dark Globular Springtail - Dicyrtoma fusca

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)

Order Symphypleona (Globular Springtails)

Family Dicyrtomidae

Subfamily Dicyrtominae

Genus Dicyrtoma

Species fusca (Dicyrtoma fusca)

Explanation of Names

Dicyrtoma fusca (Lubbock 1873)

Range

holarctic(1)

Remarks

Found in Europe, very common in the UK. May be introduced in NA.

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 tom murray on 20 September, 2006 - 6:20am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 26 December, 2023 - 5:06pm

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