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Neanura muscorum

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Neanura muscorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Collembola
Order: Poduromorpha
Family: Neanuridae
Genus: Neanura
Species:
N. muscorum
Binomial name
Neanura muscorum
(Templeton, 1835)
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

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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

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  1. ^ Hopkin, p.p. 13 & 14
  2. ^ Hopkin
  • Stephen P. Hopkin: A key to the Collembola (springtails) of Britain and Ireland, Shrewsbury 2007, ISBN 978-1-85153-220-9