Ballistura schoetti, information
Class: COLLEMBOLA Lubbock, 1870
Order: ENTOMOBRYOMORPHA Börner, 1913
Family: Isotomidae Börner, 1913
Subfamily: Anurophorinae Börner, 1906
Species: Ballistrura schoetti (Dalla Torre,1895). Rare.
This species I found together with Podura aquatica on a twig in
a rain water puddle at a heath. It distinguishes itself from aquatica by the
absence of the long claws on the legs.
Species that can be confused with it:
Podura aquatica.