Genus Dicyrtomina

Classification · Identification · Internet References

Globular Springtail - Dicyrtomina minuta

Dicyrtomina ornata? - Dicyrtomina minuta

Ptenothrix marmorata - Dicyrtomina minuta

Dicyrtomina minuta forma ornata? - 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

Identification

To distinguish Dicyrtomina from Ptenothrix check the middorsal markings. In Dicyrtomina there is almost always a kind of cross-like light pigmentation middorsally. In Ptenothrix the middorsal pigmentation is more variable.

… Frans Janssens, 13 January, 2009

Internet References

Zootaxa. Taxonomy

Dicyrtomina of UK

Checklist of the Collembola

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 12 November, 2006 - 11:03am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban
Last updated 27 December, 2010 - 10:37am

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