Globular springtail

Arrhopalites caecus

Classification

Class: Collembola
Order: Symphypleona
Family: Arrhopalitidae

Sminthuridae (Lubbock, 1862), not to be confounded with: Sminthurididae (Börner, 1906), is a family of springtails of the order Symphypleona. Sminthurids are commonly referred to as globular springtails. Description Like other Symphypleona, Sminthuridae are globular in shape and have a furcula that allows them to jump.

Distribution

Globular springtail — (c) Timothy Lindsey, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 2

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Timothy Lindsey, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionSminthuridae, Wikipedia contributors

Globular springtail

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