Proisotoma communis Sánchez-García and Engel 2016 (springtail)

Collembola - Entomobryomorpha - Isotomidae

Full reference: A. Sánchez-García and M. S. Engel. 2016. Springtails from the Early Cretaceous amber of Spain (Collembola: Entomobryomorpha), with an annotated checklist of fossil Collembola. American Museum Novitates 3862:1-47

Belongs to Proisotoma according to A. Sánchez-García et al. 2018

See also Sánchez-García and Engel 2016

Sister taxon: Proisotoma pettersonae

Type specimen: MCNA 9273.1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 6 occurrences

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