Bionychiurus tamilensis
Species of the family Onychiuridae
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Bionychiurus tamilensis is a species of the family Onychiuridae, a group of springtails.[1] Bionychiurus tamilensis has a dorsal pseudocellus (pso) formula as 32/133/33343 and a ventral pso formula as 11/011/11121. It was recorded from the Nilgiri Hills, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve of Western Ghats, India. The status as new species of the genus Bionychiurus was confirmed molecular studies.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Collembola |
| Order: | Poduromorpha |
| Family: | Onychiuridae |
| Genus: | Bionychiurus |
| Species: | B. tamilensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bionychiurus tamilensis Thunnisa et al., 2021 | |