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Species of Willemia are small, white, blind, soil- or sand-dwelling Collembola which have no trace of a furca. Willemia anophthalma (0.7 mm) is the most common species of Willemia with anal spines (Fig. 1) in Britain and Ireland. The PAO is relatively large with usually five (Fig. 2; rarely four or six) rounded lobes. There are 3+3 setae along the midline of abd4 (Fig. 3) and seta p2 on abd5 is present. The foot possesses a small empodium (Fig. 4). Willemia anophthalma is probably widely distributed throughout.
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