Species Vertagopus arboreus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

Vertagopus arboreus? - Vertagopus arboreus

Bright blue springtail? - Vertagopus arboreus

Blue Elongate Springtail - Vertagopus arboreus? - Vertagopus arboreus

Entomobryomorpha - Isotominae? - 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

characteristics to watch for:

deep blue colour, often with iridisation effects • antennae short (only a bit longer than the head diagonal) • legs whitish • abdominal segments 5 & 6 not fused • dense cover of short setae (macrosetae sparse and most concentrated on terminal body segments) (comment by Frans Janssens)

Range

Holarctic and Patagonian. Possibly introduced.

Internet References

Species account(1)

Works Cited

1.	NatureSpot: recording the wildlife of Leicestershire and Rutland

Contributed by tom murray on 12 March, 2007 - 6:00pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 4 December, 2023 - 4:10pm

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