SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE SNOW INVERTEBRATES IN MEKRIJRVI 2006 Collembola and Acari were commonest group

1
SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE SNOW INVERTEBRATES
IN MEKRIJÄRVI 2006Collembola and Acari were
commonest groups
2
Springtails (Collembola) belonged two
Families Entomobryiidae and Isotomidae
3
Entomobrya nivalis Lumihyppiäinen
(Fin)Commonest Finnish springtail on snow
4
ISOTOMA SP.AT LEAST TWO SPECIESISOTOMA HIEMALIS?
5
Nearly all spiders belonged Family Linyphiidae
(Sheetweb Weavers)
6
COLEOPTERA (Aphthona erichsoni) Leaf
beetle (Chrysomelidae Alticinae (flea beetles)
RIMPIKIRPPA (FIN)- ABOUT 2 MM, SHINY BLUE,
YELLOW LEGS- HIND FEMORA LARGE, FLEA BEETLES CAN
JUMP!
7
STAPHYLINIDAE (ROVE BEETLES)PSELAPHINAE-Very
species-rich group -Little is known about
biology-Believed to be predatory on small
invertebrates, in particular Collembola and Acari
8
Pseudoscorpions Family Neobisiidae (Microbisium
brevifemoratum?)-Small, typically found from
Sphagnum bogs-Little is known about this species
9
DIPTERAHybotidae (Stilpon graminum)-very
small fly, about 1,5 mm-thickened fore femora,
narrowed wings-nothing is known of the immature
stages and life-cycle