collembolann.
/kəˈlɛmbələn/ An insect of the order Collembola, characterized by the ventral tube on the first abdominal segment; a springtail n. Also attributive or as adj.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Apterygota or Ametabola > [noun] > order Collembola > member of
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1873 J. Lubbock Collembola & Thysanura iii. 73 How little we can realise the conditions of Collembolan existence.
1899 J. W. Folsom in Bull. Mus. Compar. Zoöl. Harvard 35 7 (heading) The anatomy and physiology of the mouth-parts of the Collembolan, Orchesella cincta L.
1906 Liverpool Marine Biol. Committee Mem. XIII. 5 The Collembolan described in the present Memoir is a convenient insect to study.
1906 Liverpool Marine Biol. Committee Mem. XIII. 14 This organ [sc. the ventral tube] is the most characteristic of Collembolan structures.
1956 Entomological News LXVII. 129 (title) A recently introduced species of Collembolan.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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