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Species Cyphoderus similis

blind myrmecophile - Cyphoderus similis white springtail - Cyphoderus similis Collembola - Cyphoderus similis Cyphoderus similis elongate-bodied springtail - Cyphoderus similis Ant associated springtail - Cyphoderus similis Cyphoderus/Pseudosinella? - Cyphoderus similis Cyphoderus similis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Entomobryomorpha (Elongate-bodied Springtails)
Superfamily Entomobryoidea
Family Paronellidae
Genus Cyphoderus
Species similis (Cyphoderus similis)
Explanation of Names
Cyphoderus similis Folsom 1927
Identification
Broad "shoulder" region, no eyes, very pale; scales transluscent, slightly iridescent
Range
the single Nearctic species of a mainly tropical genus(1)
Habitat
Live largely below surface in association with ants
Works Cited
1.An updated checklist of Canadian and Alaskan Collembola
Babenko A., Stebaeva S., Turnbull M.S. 2019. Zootaxa 4592: 1‒125.