| Tomocerus minor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Entognatha |
| Subclass: | Collembola |
| Order: | Entomobryomorpha |
| Family: | Tomoceridae |
| Genus: | Tomocerus |
| Species: | T. minor |
| Binomial name | |
| Tomocerus minor (Lubbock, 1862) |
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Tomocerus minor is species of springtail in the family Tomoceridae. It is widespread from the Arctic to Europe, Western and Central Asia down to the Sino-Japanese, Northern and Pacific North America, Hawaii, the Caribbean mainland and New Zealand.[1]
Tomocerus minor can be up to 4.5 millimetres (0.18 in) long,[2] with antennae that are shorter than the body and a characteristic uniform bluish iridisation.