Orchesella cincta

Orchesella cincta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Collembola
Order: Entomobryomorpha
Family: Entomobryidae
Genus: Orchesella
Species:
O. cincta
Binomial name
Orchesella cincta

Orchesella cincta is a species of springtail present in North America and Europe. They average 4 millimetres (0.16 in) in length, which is extremely large as most springtails don’t grow past 1 millimetre. The specific name cincta means "belted" and refers to the distinctive colouration of the third abdominal segment.[2]

  1. ^ "Orchesella cincta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ "Orchesella cincta (Linnaeus 1758)". Collembola. Roehampton University. Retrieved 14 January 2019.