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Species Lepidocyrtus cyaneus

Unknown Springtail - Lepidocyrtus cyaneus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)

Order Entomobryomorpha (Elongate-bodied Springtails)

Superfamily Entomobryoidea

Family Entomobryidae (Slender Springtails)

Subfamily Lepidocyrtinae

Genus Lepidocyrtus

Species cyaneus (Lepidocyrtus cyaneus)

Explanation of Names

Lepidocyrtus cyaneus Tullberg 1871

Identification

covered with scales as in Tomoceridae, but note the short antennae; 3rd antennal segment is a bit shorter than the second. --F. Janssens comments

Range

Cosmopolitan(1)

Works Cited

1.	Bellinger P.F., Christiansen K.A., Janssens F. (1996‒2023) Checklist of the Collembola of the World

Contributed by tom murray on 6 March, 2007 - 2:58pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 16 October, 2013 - 3:01pm

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