![Cyphoderus albinus Had a quick look to see if I have older images of Springtails not yet featured on JD ...<br />
This is a blind commensal/mutualist in the nests of many species of Ants.<br />
The taxonomy seems to be in flux with various family names being used by different authors (Cyphoderidae, Paronellidae, Lepidocyrtidae).<br />
Here I've chosen to follow this remark by Frans Janssens (2018):<br />
"We propose to cluster Paronellini and Cyphoderini in Cyphoderinae, under Lepidocyrtidae, in line with the molecular phylogeny of Zhang et al., 2015, and the morphological study of Zeppelini & Oliveira, 2016."<br />
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Cyphoderus albinus
Had a quick look to see if I have older images of Springtails not yet featured on JD ...
This is a blind commensal/mutualist in the nests of many species of Ants.
The taxonomy seems to be in flux with various family names being used by different authors (Cyphoderidae, Paronellidae, Lepidocyrtidae).
Here I've chosen to follow this remark by Frans Janssens (2018):
"We propose to cluster Paronellini and Cyphoderini in Cyphoderinae, under Lepidocyrtidae, in line with the molecular phylogeny of Zhang et al., 2015, and the morphological study of Zeppelini & Oliveira, 2016."
[ https://www.collembola.org/taxa/cyphoder.htm ]
Cyphoderus albinus is a small myrmecophilous Springtail in the family Cyphoderidae, commonly found in the nests of many species of Ants.
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