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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Poduromorpha » Hypogastruridae » Hypogastrura

Genus Hypogastrura

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Habitat
Snow Flea - Hypogastrura nivicola Hypogastrura nivicola? - Hypogastrura nivicola Snow Flea - Hypogastrura harveyi Unknown Little Black Bugs - Hypogastrura harveyi Poduromorpha - Hypogastrura Hypogastrura Hypogastrura tooliki Hypogastrura tooliki
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Poduromorpha
Family Hypogastruridae
Genus Hypogastrura
Other Common Names
H. nivicola, H. harveyi, and H. tooliki are active in winter and are called "snow fleas".
Explanation of Names
Bourlet 1839
Numbers
~80 spp. in our area, >170 total
Identification
diagnostic characters per Frans Janssens:
few setae per segment • short furca • small anal spines • 8 ocelli in each eyepatch
Habitat
Contributed by tom murray on 26 January, 2007 - 12:12pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Phillip Harpootlian, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, KenW
Last updated 2 December, 2023 - 6:06pm

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