Isotomidae - 42 Species, Identification & Facts

Anurophorus near-septentrionalis

Identification: See comment by Frans Janssens here .

Folsomia candida

"...a common and widespread arthropod that occurs in soils throughout the world. The species is parthenogenetic and is easy to maintain in the laboratory on a diet of granulated dry yeast. F. candida has been used as a "standard" test organism for mo

Folsomia prima

Identification: "...has a very characteristic white and black banding: each segment has an anterior white band and posterior black band at the segment margins." ―Frans Janssens

Hydroisotoma schaefferi

sexually dimorphic (quite rare in entomobryomorph Collembola): thickening of the outer side of the 2nd antennal segments is typical of males ( Wray 1978 ) • adapted to life on water surface: head hypognathous (mouth directed to watersurface, typical

Isotoma delta

Identification: triangular pigmented patch middorsally on every segment, hence 'delta' [ comment by Frans Janssens]

Isotoma viridis

Identification: variable in colour; the most common colour = greenish, hence its name; yellowish, brownish, reddish, even blackish forms exist; juveniles usually lighter than adults and most winter populations are darker than summer ones (Frans Janss

Isotomurus palustris

Identification: Similar to I. tricolor . per Frans Janssens, in I. palustris , in addition to the median stripe, two lateral stripes present (but only in well-pigmented adult specimens and only partly distinct as stripes: only on the abdominal segmen