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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Orchesellinae » Orchesella » Orchesella villosa

Species Orchesella villosa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Habitat · Remarks
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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 villosa (Orchesella villosa)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orchesella villosa Linnaeus, 1767
Identification
In dorsal view, note the two typically subsequent pigment 'bows' on abdominal segments 2 and 3
Habitat
...a typical dweller of the surface litter layer
Remarks
One of the larger Collembola in the USA
Contributed by tom murray on 10 November, 2006 - 8:51pm
Additional contributions by metrioptera
Last updated 28 April, 2019 - 8:00pm

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