Tool for researching springtails

Abstract

The invention provides a tool for researching springtails, and belongs to the technical field of medical treatment and laboratory equipment. The tool comprises a needle-knife device, a springtail unfolding device, a transferring hooked needle device, a sealing sheet, a force equalizing pressing stone and a microscope. The tool for researching springtails has the characteristics that a cutting method is used for cutting a three-dimensional body of the springtail into multiple parts, and further the multiple parts are unfolded so as to form plane structures which adapt to the working principle of a microscope, thus observed classification features are clear at a glance; in a sealing process, the sizes of needle knives are suitable for the cutting of the springtail with a small body, and particularly the two needle knives can serve as a pair of scissor for cutting, so that the freewheeling cutting can be realized under the microscope; the transferring hooked needle device can be used for forming a glue drop at a hook part, so that a part to be transferred can be clearly observed and is not lost; the force equalizing pressing stone is a relatively heavy stone for uniformly applying weight to one fourth cover glass, so that the secondary three-dimensionality of a certain characteristic caused by non-uniform gravity is avoided. The tool for researching springtails is simple to operate and short in training time and has strong practicability.

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[0001] The invention relates to a set of tools for studying collembola, belonging to the technical field of medical treatment and experimental equipment. Background technique

[0002] Collembola is a common name for Collembola insects, with a body size of about 1 mm. They are active on the soil surface and form three major groups of soil animals together with mites and nematodes. More than 8,000 species have been reported so far. In the research process of collembola classification, the known research method is to spend a lot of time and energy to collect collembola with Tullgren dry funnel method, and the whole body is sealed together by mounting fluid in two parts consisting of one large and one small. The coverslip is formed within a double-layer coverslip and does not involve specific research tools. This operation can maintain the overall structure of the springtail, but in the actual operation process, due to the limitations of the experimental tools ...

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