Species Vertagopus arboreus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range

Blue Bark Bug Springtails - Vertagopus arboreus

Bright blue springtail? - Vertagopus arboreus

Very small purple elongated springtail - Vertagopus arboreus

Blue Elongate Springtail - Vertagopus arboreus? - Vertagopus arboreus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)

Order Entomobryomorpha (Elongate-bodied Springtails)

Family Isotomidae

Subfamily Isotominae

Genus Vertagopus

Species arboreus (Vertagopus arboreus)

Explanation of Names

Vertagopus arboreus (Linnaeus 1758)

Identification

"Some typical characteristics to watch for:

1. the deep blue colour, often with iridisation effects

2. the short antennae (only a bit longer than the head diagonal)

3. the whitish legs

4. the not fused abdominal segments 5 + 6

5. the dense cover of short setae (macrosetae are sparse, and most concentrated at terminal body segments)"

(comment by Frans Janssens)

Range

Holarctic and Patagonian. Possibly introduced.

Contributed by tom murray on 12 March, 2007 - 6:00pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 31 March, 2017 - 7:48pm

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