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Species Tomocerus vulgaris

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Entomobryomorpha (Elongate-bodied Springtails)
Family Tomoceridae
Genus Tomocerus
Species vulgaris (Tomocerus vulgaris)
Explanation of Names
Tomocerus vulgaris (Tullberg 1871)
Range
Holarctic; widely distributed over the northern ⅔ of the US, s.& e.Canada(1)
Internet References
Species page(2)
Works Cited
1.An updated checklist of Canadian and Alaskan Collembola
Babenko A., Stebaeva S., Turnbull M.S. 2019. Zootaxa 4592: 1‒125.
2.NatureSpot: recording the wildlife of Leicestershire and Rutland
Contributed by tom murray on 27 November, 2006 - 3:38pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 4 December, 2023 - 9:38pm

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