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Definition of Podura scale

Podura scale
Podura Po*du"ra, n.; pl. L. Podur[ae], E. Poduras. [NL.; Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + ? tail.] Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail. Podura scale (Zo["o]l.), one of the minute scales with which the body of a podura is covered. They are used as test objects for the microscope.

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- to move at the surface of water in freshwater and marine environments. Podura aquatica, a unique representative of the family Poduridae (and one of the...
- ISBN 0125241607 ISBN 978-0125241601 Dusenbery, David B. (2009). Living at Micro Scale, Chapters 19 & 20. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, M****achusetts...
- (bee flies) and Hippobosca (louse flies) Aptera: Lepisma (silverfish), Podura (springtails), Termes (termites), Pediculus (lice), ****x (fleas), Acarus...
- unstriped species, seven feed only on broadleaf plants. Four (T. ritense, T. podura, T. genevievae, and T. coffmani) rest during the day on the host plant's...
- (bee flies) and Hippobosca (louse flies) Aptera: Lepisma (silverfish), Podura (springtails), Termes (termites), Pediculus (lice), ****x (fleas), Acarus...
- Paramecium Suctoria Stylonychia Vorticella Chironomidae bloodworm larva Podura aquatica water springtail Psychodidae drain fly or filter fly larva Bacteria...
- (see fishing spider and diving bell spider). Springtails in the genera Podura and Sminthurides are almost exclusively neustonic, while Hypogastrura species...