Heterosminthurus claviger, information
Klasse: COLLEMBOLA Lubbock, 1870
Order: SYMPHYPLEONA Börner, 1901
Familie: Bourletiellidae Börner, 1913
Species: Heterosminthurus claviger (Gisin, 1958). rare.
It is an elongated animal, the spherical shape is a bit stretched, that was the first
thing I noticed when I first saw the animal. There is a dark ring around the body at the rear segments.
Sminthurinus elegans has about the same colors but is really around and very small.
Species that can be confused with it are:
Sminthurinus elegans