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Species Janusius sylvestris

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Symphypleona (Globular Springtails)
Superfamily Sminthuroidea
Family Sminthuridae
Subfamily Sminthurinae
Genus Janusius
Species sylvestris (Janusius sylvestris)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sminthurus sylvestris Banks 1899, Sminthurus facialis Banks 1903
Explanation of Names
Janusius sylvestris (Banks 1899)
sylvestris 'of forest'
Identification
Black ocelli on a white background diagnostic
Range
holarctic, across NA and e.Palaearctic(1)(2)