Holacanthella
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Holacanthella is a genus of giant springtails in the family Neanuridae, found only in New Zealand. Up to 17 mm in length, they are the largest springtails in the world.
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- New Zealand
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- Giant springtail
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Holacanthella is a genus of giant springtails in the family Neanuridae, found only in New Zealand. Up to 17 mm in length, they are the largest springtails in the world.
== Description == left|thumb|Holacanthella spinosa, Franz Josef Glacier|Franz Josef, New Zealand|350x350px thumb|Holacanthella paucispinosa|H. paucispinosa Holacanthella species are usually dark bluish-grey in colour, with distinctive brightly-coloured spine-like projections (called digitations) on their skin. The digitations range in colour from dark to white to yellow to red, even within a single species like H. paucispinosa, in which different colour morphs occur side by side and vary geographically.
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