Tomocerus minor

Taxobox | name = "Tomocerus minor"

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image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Hexapoda
ordo = Collembola
familia = Tomoceridae
genus = "Tomocerus"
species = "T. minor"
binomial = "Tomocerus minor"

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 [cite web |url=http://www.collembola.org/taxa/collembo.htm |date=2008-03-24|author=Frans Janssens |title=Checklist of the Collembola] .

Tomocerus minor can be up to 4.5 mm long [cite web |url=http://www.stevehopkin.co.uk/collembolamaps/Entomobryomorpha/351TOmin/|date=2008-03-24|author=Steve Hopkin|title=Tomocerus minor in the UK and Ireland] , with antennae that are shorter than the body and a characteristic uniform bluish iridisation.

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