Heterosminthurus insignis, information
Class: COLLEMBOLA Lubbock, 1870
Order: SYMPHYPLEONA Börner, 1901
Family: Bourletiellidae Börner, 1913
Species: Heterosminthurus insignis (Reuter, 1876) Scarce.
Found under a branch on a very wet ground near Hengelo.
It is a striking yellow animal with a strong shiny head.
As the Sun falls on the animal there are white reflections patches around the eye fields.
Species that can be confused with it are:
non.