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Genus Dicyrtomina

Collembola - Dicyrtomina minuta Globular springtail - Dicyrtomina minuta Dicyrtomina minuta? - Dicyrtomina minuta DC Globular Springtail 2 - Dicyrtomina minuta Globular Springtail - Dicyrtomina sp.5 - Dicyrtomina Dicyrtomina Dicyrtomidae - Dicyrtomina minuta Dicyrtomidae sp. - Dicyrtomina minuta
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Symphypleona (Globular Springtails)
Family Dicyrtomidae
Subfamily Dicyrtominae
Genus Dicyrtomina
Explanation of Names
Dicyrtomina Börner 1903
Numbers
26 spp. total(1)
Identification
distinguishing from Ptenothrix: Dicyrtomina almost always have a pale cross-shaped dorsal marking; in Ptenothrix the pigmentation is more variable. ―Frans Janssens, 13.i.2009