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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 .
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Bourletiella viridescens is a species of springtail. [2] Its common name is "Garden Springtail" [3]
Hypogastrura nivicola is a species of dark blue springtail. Its English name in the United States is snow flea , but there are also additional springtails [ 1 ] (and insects) called by that name. They are often seen jumping about on the surface of snow on a warm winter's day in North America.
The Entomobryomorpha are one of the three main groups of springtails (Collembola), tiny hexapods related to insects. This group was formerly treated as a superfamily, the Entomobryoidea. They can be best distinguished from the other springtail groups by their body shape. The Symphypleona are very round animals, almost spherical.
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 ...
The Entomobryoidea are a superfamily of springtails (Collembola), tiny hexapods related to insects. In the modern sense, this group is placed in an order called Entomobryomorpha. This superfamily contains very characteristic species of springtails. They typically possess long legs and antennae, as well as a well-developed furcula.
Sminthurides aquaticus (Bourlet, 1843) (water springtail) Sminthurides armatus Bretfeld, 2000; Sminthurides assimilis (Krausbauer, 1898) Sminthurides aureolus Maynard, 1951; Sminthurides bifidus Mills, 1934; Sminthurides biniserratus (Salmon, 1951) Sminthurides cruciatus Axelson, 1905; Sminthurides globocerus Folsom & Mills, 1938; Sminthurides ...
Folsomia candida has an unpigmented, slender body up to 3 mm (0.1 in) in length. The head bears a pair of four-segmented antennae and a pair of post-antennal organs but no eyespots. The head bears a pair of four-segmented antennae and a pair of post-antennal organs but no eyespots.