Orchesella flora
Christiansen & Tucker, 1977
Orchesella flora is a of slender springtail described by Christiansen and Tucker in 1977. It belongs to the Orchesellidae within the order Entomobryomorpha. The species is native to southern North America. As a collembolan, it is a small, wingless hexapod that inhabits soil and leaf litter environments.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Orchesella flora: /ɔr.kɛˈsɛl.lə ˈflɔ.rə/
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Distribution
Southern North America
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Taxonomic note
The Wikipedia source incorrectly lists this as belonging to Entomobryidae; authoritative sources (GBIF, Catalogue of Life, NCBI) place it in Orchesellidae.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
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