alstonia vs Cosmopolitan Springtail

Alstonia boonei compared with Entomobrya nivalis

Key Differences

• alstonia is Least Concern while Cosmopolitan Springtail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alstonia	Cosmopolitan Springtail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Collembola (springtail)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Entomobryomorpha (Entomobryomorpha)
Family	Apocynaceae	Entomobryidae
Genus	Alstonia	Entomobrya
Species	Alstonia boonei	Entomobrya nivalis

Conservation Status

alstonia

LC — Least Concern

Cosmopolitan Springtail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alstonia	Cosmopolitan Springtail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alstonia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.

Cosmopolitan Springtail

Habitat

Native to Africa and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (4 countries), and North America (United States).

alstonia

The Alstonia (Alstonia boonei) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeo. Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.