Sminthurus mencenbergae

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Sminthurus mencenbergae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Collembola
Order: Symphypleona
Family: Sminthuridae
Genus: Sminthurus
Species:
S. mencenbergae
Binomial name
Sminthurus mencenbergae
Snider, 1983

Sminthurus mencenbergae is a species of springtail in the genus Sminthurus that is endemic to the east coast of North America.[1][2][3][4]

This species is normally light brown, with dark brown line patterns forming a 2 pronged v, through a dorsal line. the face usually has three stripes, two in the side, one in the middle. antenna are 2-3 segmented and a little spikey.[5][1]

Many cases also have a dark cross line through the middle dorsal stripe.[6]

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