Sminthurinus elegans, information
Klasse: COLLEMBOLA Lubbock, 1870
Order: SYMPHYPLEONA Börner, 1901
Familie: Katiannidae Börner, 1913
Species: Sminthurinus elegans (Fitch, 1863) Scarce.
A small species that when disturbed jumps away quickly, only because it every time
fell back on the leaf on which I had found the animal, I could make some photos of it.
This species is very variable in colour and drawing.
Species that can be confused with it are:
Sminthurinus aureus