The Collembola (Arthropoda:Entognatha:Collembola) of North of Western Ghats

Soil Collembola form an important component of soil micro fauna. A high proportion of soil fauna are the arthropods. The most abundant are collembolans while other arthropods include mites, spiders, millipedes, centipedes and insects. Collembolans commonly called as Springtails are omnipresent members of soil fauna. They inhabit both on the surface and the depth of the soil, under overturned rotting logs, under loose tree bark, in leaf litter or in compost and often occur in large aggregations.