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Springtails (
Collembola) form the
largest of the
three lineages of
modern hexapods that are no
longer considered insects (the
other two are the Protura...
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three orders of
wingless arthropods that were once
considered insects:
Collembola (springtails),
Protura (coneheads) and
Diplura (two-pronged bristletails)...
- apterous,
meaning that they lack wings. The
class contains three orders:
Collembola (springtails, 9000 species),
Diplura ("two-tail", 1000 species) and Protura...
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fourth abdominal segment. The
organ most
often is
present in
species of
Collembola that
lives in the
upper soil
layers where it is used for
jumping to avoid...
- nematodes.
Mesofauna are
extremely diverse;
considering just the
springtails (
Collembola), as of 1998,
approximately 6,500
species had been identified. Microfauna...
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Malacostraca Allotriocarida Cephalocarida Branchiopoda Remipedia Hexapoda Collembola Protura Diplura Insecta Incertae sedis Aaveqaspis †
Cambropachycope †...
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different numbers of
classes and phyla. For example, Protura, Diplura, and
Collembola are
often considered to be the
three orders in the
class Entognatha. This...
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Neanura muscorum is a
species of
Collembola,
which are
commonly called springtails, in the
family Neanuridae and
subfamily Neanurinae. It is extremely...
- superclass, and
identified four
groups within it:
insects (Ectognatha),
Collembola, Protura, and Diplura, the
latter three being grouped together as the...
- tadpole, clam shrimps,
water fleas)
Remipedia Hexapoda Protura (coneheads)
Collembola (springtails)
Diplura (two-pronged bristletails)
Insecta (insects)...
