Genus Dicyrtomina

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited

Globular springtail - Dicyrtomina minuta

Dicyrtomina minuta? - Dicyrtomina minuta

DC Globular Springtail 2 - Dicyrtomina minuta

Globular Springtail - Dicyrtomina sp.5 - Dicyrtomina

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

Works Cited

1.	Bellinger P.F., Christiansen K.A., Janssens F. (1996‒2023) Checklist of the Collembola of the World

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 12 November, 2006 - 11:03am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, v belov
Last updated 26 December, 2023 - 4:49pm

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