Heteromurus major, information

Heteromurus major

Class COLLEMBOLA Lubbock, 1870
Order ENTOMOBRYOMORPHA Börner, 1913
Family: Entomobryidae Schött, 1891
Species: Heteromurus major (Moniez, 1889). Scarce.

This springtail is easy to confuse with a number of species and the only clearly visible characteristic is that the antenna segments have not much differences in length. At the similar-looking species is the third antenna segment by far the longest. In addition, the antennas are pretty shorter than the body.
Species that can be confused with it: Pogonognathellus flavescens, Tomocerus minor, Tomocerus vulgaris

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