springtails in English

noun
1
a minute primitive wingless insect that has a springlike organ under the abdomen that enables it to leap when disturbed. Springtails are abundant in the soil and leaf litter.
Various crane flies, spiders, springtails and other species have life cycles of 3 to 5 years.
noun
    collembolan

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1. Apterous definition: (of insects) without wings , as silverfish and springtails Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

2. Apterous definition: (of insects) without wings , as silverfish and springtails Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

3. Springtails, cockroaches, crickets, flies, isopods, Bristletails, and true bugs were grabbed by the forelegs and held in a basket-like manner using the first three pairs of legs

4. The Soil Biota Soil Biota consist of the micro-organisms (bacteria, fungi, archaea and algae), soil animals (protozoa, nematodes, mites, springtails, spiders, insects, and earthworms) and plants

5. Used in this sense, the term Apterygote commonly includes the primitive insects of the following groups: proturans, collembolans ( springtails ), diplurans, and species in the orders Zygentoma, Archaeognatha, and Monura (formerly the

6. When a large, grass-covered tussock was washed ashore in 1974, scientists took half of it for analysis and discovered 663 land invertebrates, mostly mites and springtails, the great majority of which had survived the crossing.

7. Anoplura Sucking lice Piercing-sucking, stylet sac absent Blattaria Cockroaches Chewing Variable Coleoptera Beetles Chewing 2 pair (1st pair = elytra) Collembola Springtails Chewing Apterous Dermaptera Earwigs Chewing 2 pair, front pair elytra, second membranous Diplura Diplurans Chewing lacking Diptera Flies Piercing-sucking, or sponging 1

8. 15,986 flora were identified, of which 10% are endemic (p9). Statistics indicate that there are 307 nematodes , 200 oligochaeta , 145 acarina , 113 springtails , 7750 insects , 260 reptiles , 120 amphibians , 840 birds and 310 mammals of which 100 birds and 78 mammals are endemic (p9,10).