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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Paronellidae » Cyphoderus » Cyphoderus similis

Species Cyphoderus similis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat

Might These Be Mites? - Cyphoderus similis

Unknown Springtail? - Cyphoderus similis

Cyphoderus similis - AB - Cyphoderus similis

Ant associated springtail - Cyphoderus similis

Ant nest springtails - 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

Nearly cosmopolitan, probably introduced from the Neotropics

Habitat

Live largely below surface in association with ants

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 1 December, 2006 - 8:05pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 4 November, 2013 - 3:50pm

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