Species Cyphoderus similis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

elongate-bodied springtail - Cyphoderus similis

Ant associated springtail - Cyphoderus similis

Cyphoderus/Pseudosinella? - 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.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 1 December, 2006 - 8:05pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 15 December, 2023 - 9:48pm

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