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Heteromurus nitidus

Heteromurus nitidus is a species of slender springtails in the family Entomobryidae. This species possess a serie of easily removable scales on its back, that serve as a mean of defence. While captured by beetle scales stick to predator's mouthparts and detach enabling the springtail to run away.

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Heteromurus nitidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Collembola
Order: Entomobryomorpha
Family: Entomobryidae
Genus: Heteromurus
Species:
H. nitidus
Binomial name
Heteromurus nitidus
(Templeton, 1835)
Synonyms1
  • Heteromurus americana Harvey, 1892
  • Heteromurus nitidus quadriocellata Kseneman Of Maynard, 1951
  • Heteromurus quadrioculata Schott, 1896
  • Podura nitidus Templeton, 1835

Heteromurus nitidus is a species of slender springtails in the family Entomobryidae.1234 This species possess a serie of easily removable scales on its back, that serve as a mean of defence. While captured by beetle scales stick to predator's mouthparts and detach enabling the springtail to run away.5

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References

  1. "Heteromurus nitidus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  2. "Heteromurus nitidus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  3. "Heteromurus nitidus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. "Heteromurus nitidus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. Hopkin, Stephen P. (1997). Biology of springtails: Insecta: Collembola. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-19-854084-7.
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