Neanura muscorum
Appearance
Neanura muscorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Collembola |
Order: | Poduromorpha |
Family: | Neanuridae |
Genus: | Neanura |
Species: | N. muscorum
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Binomial name | |
Neanura muscorum (Templeton, 1835)
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- Stephen P. Hopkin: A key to the Collembola (springtails) of Britain and Ireland, Shrewsbury 2007, ISBN 978-1-85153-220-9