Metisotoma grandiceps

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Metisotoma grandiceps
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Collembola
Order: Entomobryomorpha
Family: Isotomidae
Genus: Metisotoma
Species:
M. grandiceps
Binomial name
Metisotoma grandiceps
(Reuter, 1891)
Synonyms [1]
  • Isotoma grandiceps Reuter, 1891
  • Isotoma macnamarai Folsom, 1918
  • Metisotoma capitona Maynard, 1951

Metisotoma grandiceps is a species of elongate-bodied springtail in the family Isotomidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is the only predatory springtail known so far. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Metisotoma grandiceps Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  2. "Metisotoma grandiceps species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  3. "Metisotoma grandiceps". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. "Metisotoma grandiceps Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. Schulz, Hans-Jürgen; Fjellberg, Arne; Babenko, Anatoly; Potapov, Mikhail (2018-03-20). "Taxonomy of a predaceous springtail: the revision of the Palaearctic species of Metisotoma Maynard, 1951". Zootaxa. 4399 (1): 69–86. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4399.1.4. ISSN   1175-5334.