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Description: An introduction to biology, classification, and ecology of Collembola (Springtails).
The Earth Life Web, Springtails: Collembola Small to minute hexapods, often clothed in coloured scales, the antennae have less than 6 segments and the eyes are either simple ocelli or absent, the legs have only four segments the last being the tibiotarsus, they possess no wings. The abdomen possess's only 6 segments, on the first is the ventral tube (an organ for the absorption of moisture, from which the order derives its name [kolla, = glue {in the mistaken belief that the 'peg' was used by the animal to glue itself to smooth surfaces} and embolon, = a peg] ), on the third is the minute retinaculum or hamula which helps to hold the furca in place when it is held under the abdomen, and on the fourth is the 'furca' itself, this is a forked springing organ from which the creature derives its common name of "springtail". They are not now considered to be insects by many authorities but are instead referred to as hexapods, making them a branch of the main stem that insects evolved from, Hexapods includes Collembola, Diplura, Protura and the Insecta which in turn includes the rest of the insect orders, i.e. all insects are hexapods but not all Hexapods are insects.
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| Page title: | The Earth Life Web, Springtails: Collembola |
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| Description: | An introduction to biology, classification and ecology of Collembola (Springtails) |
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