Neanura muscorum
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).
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Neanura muscorum (Templeton, 1835) | |
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N. tuberculata (Nicolet, 1842) |
Characteristics
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]
gollark: They're tied to disk ID now so you can't really clone them.
gollark: I don't track that information.
gollark: Maybe one of the codersnets had some.
gollark: 3d6: probably?
gollark: Orbital blame lasers.
References
- Hopkin, p.p. 13 & 14
- Hopkin
- Stephen P. Hopkin: A key to the Collembola (springtails) of Britain and Ireland, Shrewsbury 2007, ISBN 978-1-85153-220-9
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