Plutomurus grahami (a cave obligate springtail)
Taxonomy
- Class: COLLEMBOLA
- Order: ENTOMOBRYOMORPHA
- Family: TOMOCERIDAE
- Genus: Plutomurus
- Scientific Name: Plutomurus grahami (Christiansen, 1980)
- Common Name: a cave obligate springtail
- Synonyms:
Taxonomic Name Source
Bellinger, P.F., K.A. Christiansen, and F. Janssens. 1996-2020. Checklist of the Collembola of the World. Online. Available: http://www.collembola.org (accessed 2020).
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Species Occurrence Data From: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Agency Conservation Status
- SGCN
- NMDGF:
- USFWS:
- BLM:
- USFS:
- IUCN Red List: Not Evaluated
- Nature Serve Global: G1
- NHNM State: S1S2
- NM Endemic YES
Agency Conservation Status
SGCN | NMDGF | USFWS | BLM Status | USFS | IUCN Red List |
Nature Serve Global |
NHNM State | NM Endemic |
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Not Evaluated | G1 | S1S2 | YES |
Description
This springtail is white in color with bluish grey pigment spreading over the tergites of the body and top of the of head. It is only one of four species in this genus known from North America; it is the eastern most representative. It is likely most closely related to Tomocerus californicus, though it can be readily distinguished by the small number of intermediate mucronal teeth, among other differences (Christiansen 1980).