Species Bourletiella hortensis - Garden Springtail

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Remarks

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Garden Springtail - Bourletiella hortensis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)

Order Symphypleona (Globular Springtails)

Superfamily Sminthuroidea

Family Bourletiellidae

Genus Bourletiella

Species hortensis (Garden Springtail)

Explanation of Names

Bourletiella hortensis (Fitch, 1863)

Range

An holarctic species recorded from Japan, Russia, Europe, USA, Vietnam, Australia, Hawaii, New Zealand, and South Africa. Originally described from New York in 1863 by Fitch in gardens on leaves and soil. Considered invasive in this country. (Capinera, John L. North American Vegetable Pests. The Pattern of Invasion. American Entomologist. Spring 2002)

Habitat

A very common species in gardens

Remarks

More resistant against dehydration then most other Collembola, so it can be found in dry locations

May become harmful to young crops if present in large quantities. It is one of the few Collembola that are considered a pest in agriculture/horticulture when present in large quantities

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 1 November, 2006 - 5:04pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman, KenW, metrioptera
Last updated 2 August, 2020 - 12:32pm

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