Biology:Neanura muscorum

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Short description: Species of springtail

Neanura muscorum
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subclass: Collembola
Order: Poduromorpha
Family: Neanuridae
Genus: Neanura
Species:
N. muscorum
Binomial name
Neanura muscorum
(Templeton, 1835)
Synonyms

N. tuberculata (Nicolet, 1842)

Neanura muscorum is a species of Collembola, which are commonly called springtails, in the family Neanuridae and subfamily Neanurinae.[1] It is extremely common and most often found under bark (in Europe).

Characteristics

Neanura muscorum is 3.5 mm in length and is covered in warty bumps and long setae. It is blueish grey and has three ocelli. It lacks a furca. It eats small plants and fungi growing on the bark. It, like many other Collembola, serves as prey for a lot of predatory arthropods.[2]

References

  1. Hopkin, p.p. 13 & 14
  2. Hopkin
  • Stephen P. Hopkin: A key to the Collembola (springtails) of Britain and Ireland, Shrewsbury 2007, ISBN:978-1-85153-220-9

Wikidata ☰ Q10595248 entry