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n. - Any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern.

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  • Population dynamics of two collembolan species in an Arctic tundra.
  • For example, one species of collembolan, Folsomia regularis, may constitute 60% of the total collembolan density in polar deserts.
  • Other noteworthy fauna include cave-dwelling species such as a collembolan Tricanthella frigida, an endemic found in Gavarnie cirque at 2,500 m, and coleopteran Tipnus...
  • However, it is known that some species enter a reproductive diapause when reared at constant temperature in the laboratory (e. g., the collembolan Hypogastrura...
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