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Springtails are omnivorous, free-living organisms that prefer moist conditions. They do not directly engage in the decomposition of organic matter, but contribute to it indirectly through the fragmentation of organic matter [2] and the control of soil microbial communities. [3]
This springtail has been called a "tramp" species as it has spread around the world in soil and in plant pots and its original distribution is unclear. It occurs in mines and caves, and in soils with a high organic content, on farms, in leaf litter in forests and on stream verges.
Stratiolaelaps scimitus and the similar species, S. aculiefer are soil-dwelling, predatory mites. Stratiolaelaps mites feed on fungus gnats, springtails, thrips pupae, and other small insects in the soil. The mite is 0.5 mm (1 ⁄ 50 in) long and light-brown in color. It inhabits the top 1 ⁄ 2 inch (13 mm) layer of soil. Both nymphs and ...
Soil mesofauna are invertebrates between 0.1mm and 2mm in size, [1] which live in the soil or in a leaf litter layer on the soil surface. Members of this group include nematodes , mites , springtails (collembola), proturans , pauropods , rotifers , earthworms , tardigrades , small spiders , pseudoscorpions , opiliones (harvestmen ...
The furcula is the "spring" for which the Collembola are given the name springtails. Proturans, sometimes referred to as "coneheads", do not have eyes or antennae. They possess a telson and abdominal styli thought to be vestigial legs. Diplurans have a pair of caudal cerci, from which their name, meaning "two-tailed", is derived. They also ...
Cryptopygus antarcticus, the Antarctic springtail, is a species of springtail native to Antarctica [2] and Australia. [1] Cryptopygus antarcticus average 1–2 millimetres (0.04–0.08 in) long and weigh only a few micrograms. [ 2 ]
Sminthuridae (Lubbock, 1862), not to be confounded with: Sminthurididae (Börner, 1906), is a family of springtails of the order Symphypleona. [1] [2] Sminthurids are commonly referred to as globular springtails. [3] [4]
Entomobryidae, sometimes called "slender springtails", is a family of springtails characterised by having an enlarged fourth abdominal segment and a well-developed furcula. Species in this family may be heavily scaled and can be very colourful.