Bourletiella arvalis    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Collembola   >   Order Symphypleona   >   Family Bourletiellidae   >   Genus Bourletiella   

Description:

"Bourletiella arvalis typically has 7 [antenna] subsegments (sometimes 6 or 8), of which the basal and the apical subsegment each bears 3 whorls of setae, while the other subsegments each bear 1 whorl of setae. Counting the whorls: 11" (Frans Janssens/BugGuide, 2014).

There are 2 records in the project database.

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A globular springtail, Bourletiella arvalis, in Howard Co., Maryland (5/6/2014). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)

Bourletiella arvalis in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/17/2014). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)


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