Pygmy Springtail

Micranurida pygmaea

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Pygmy Springtail
Scientific Name: 
Micranurida pygmaea
Synonyms: 
Miranurida hasai
Miranurida pygmaea
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Springtail
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Collembola
Order: 
Poduromorpha
Family: 
Neanuridae
Distribution

Distribution

General distribution Holarctic. In Canada, the species has been recorded from the NWT, Nunavut, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland (Babenko et al. 2019). Reference: Babenko, A., Stebaeva, S., & Turnbull, M.S. 2019. An updated checklist of Canadian and Alaskan Collembola. Zootaxa 4592(1): 001-125.
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
Limited sampling effort.
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Draft rank by J. Battigelli (2018), reviewed by S. Carriere (2019). Reviewed by J. Battigelli in 2022; no change.
Last Updated: 
July 12, 2024
Status Designations

Canada – Assessment by Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

COSEWIC Status: 
-

References