Springtail
Folsomia fimetaria (Linnæus, C, 1758)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Collembola |
| Order | Entomobryomorpha |
| Family | Isotomidae |
| Genus | Folsomia |
| Species | Folsomia fimetaria (Linnæus, C, 1758) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Kentucky.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Kentucky
Counties
- Kentucky
- Edmonson
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- Canada
- NNR
Subnational ranks
- Nunavut
- SU Unrankable
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
- Manitoba
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Northwest Territories
- SU Unrankable
- British Columbia
- SU Unrankable
- Ontario
- SU Unrankable
- Alberta
- SU Unrankable
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Bailey, V. 1933. Cave Life of Kentucky. US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey, Washington, DC, USA. 256 pp.
- Giovannoli, L. 1933. Invertebrate life of Mammoth and other neighboring caves. In: Bailey, V. (ed), Cave Life of Kentucky, pp. 600–623.
- Peck, S.B. 1988. A review of the cave fauna of Canada, and the composition and ecology of the invertebrate fauna of caves and mines in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 1197–1213. doi:10.1139/z88-176
How to cite this account
Folsomia fimetaria (Linnæus, C, 1758). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2471. https://cavebiology.org/species/folsomia-fimetaria/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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