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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.
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 ...
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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.
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 ...
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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Cosberella lamaralexanderi, or the Lamar Alexander springtail, is a species of springtails native to the southern Appalachian Mountains of the United States. It was discovered in 2006 by Dr. Earnest Bernard in Great Smoky Mountains National Park .