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Springtails (class Collembola) form the largest of the three lineages of modern hexapods that are no longer considered insects.Although the three lineages are sometimes grouped together in a class called Entognatha because they have internal mouthparts, they do not appear to be any more closely related to one another than they are to all insects, which have external mouthparts.
Turbatrix aceti (vinegar eels, vinegar nematode, Anguillula aceti) are free-living nematodes that feed on a microbial culture called mother of vinegar (used to create vinegar) and may be found in unfiltered vinegar. They were discovered by Pierre Borel in 1656. [1]
[3] [4] Latreille later explained the name as meaning "qui tue", meaning "who kills". [ 5 ] [ b ] One name for the order, Thelyphonida, is based on Latreille's genus name. It was first used, as the French Thélyphone , by Latreille in 1804, [ 1 ] and later by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1872 (with the spelling Thelyphonidea).
Womersleymeria is a monotypic genus of springtails containing only the species Womersleymeria bicornis. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia. Taxonomy and history
Entomobrya nivalis, the cosmopolitan springtail, is a species of slender springtails in the family Entomobryidae. [1] [2] Description.
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.
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Podura aquatica, the water springtail, is a species of springtail, one of only four described species in the family Poduridae. It is an abundant species with a Holarctic distribution. As its common and scientific names suggest, this is an exclusively aquatic species, living its whole life as a scavenger on the surface of all kinds of still water.