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Folsomides parvulus Stach, 1922

Scavenger; in humid zone forests, agricultural zone in coffee and avocado groves, in leaf litter and fern litter; January, February

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Entognatha

Order
Collembola

Suborder
Entomobryomorpha

Superfamily
Isotomoidea

Family
Isotomidae

Genus
Folsomides

Species
parvulus

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.

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