Behavior of closely related collembolan species of Isotomidae family [Russian]

摘要

Behavior of six taxonomically closed species of collembola of the genera Proisotoma and Folsomia (Isotomidae) was studied in zoological cultures by direct microscopical observation. Unreproductive forms of behavior, as moulting, grooming, and moving activity, were estimated qualitatively and quantitavely. The stereotypical behavioral acts were erected, the completeness and sequence of which can be used to compare different species. Etological differences supporting the independence of closely related species were found.