Sminthurinus aureus
It reaches 1.0 mm in length and is variable in appearance, usually being diffusely black, brown or yellowish in colour with no clear banding. The Sminthurinus aureus group has the 'small abdomen' (the animal's "tail end") wholly fused, while other UK Sminthurinus have a visible division between segments 5 and 6. The fourth antennal segment (ant4) is not subdivided.
Found in leaf litter and low vegetation in almost all terrestrial habitats. Often abundant under fallen leaves in autumn.
All year round but mainly spring to autumn.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
AJ Cann
Grace Dieu
23 April 2021
AJ Cann
Leicester Knighton Green
24 April 2019
AJ Cann
St Mary's Knighton
02 December 2017
Juvenile
AJ Cann
Knighton
19 October 2018
AJ Cann
Leicester Knighton Green
24 April 2019
AJ Cann
Knighton
19 October 2018
form ochropus
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Springtails & Bristletails
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Symphypleona
- Family:
- Katiannidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 8
- First record:
- 02/12/2017 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 19/11/2023 (Cann, Alan)
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AJ Cann
St Mary's Knighton
02 December 2017
Juvenile
AJ Cann
St Marys Knighton
10 December 2018
AJ Cann
St Mary's Knighton
02 December 2017
Juvenile
AJ Cann
Leicester Knighton Green
24 April 2019
