The Articulisids of the floors of the temperate plains.

 In this entry we will be talking about the anapnoils(animal analogues of Eile), specifically members of the clade of Arthrotetrida , being the dominant clade of  land articulisids similar to how class Insecta is here of arthropods on earth. We will be talking about arthrotetrids on the natural pseudo-wood floors of the temperate plains, please note it will be only some of the species we will be talking about,it will be too long to count all species , and we will be mentioning about their families and inner clades to which they belong in.

Unlike the insects of Earth, the arthrotetrida of Eile possess four legs on which they walk on and possess internal support structures, however that doesn't mean they can get larger than arthropods or even insects for that matter. They have porous areas around their bodies which filters to breath  in air, which are linked to the mini-lungs and trachea systems around their bodies.

 The Arthrotetrids however have adapted to a wide range of body plans on land and using the advantages of their internal support structures have achieved unusual, unique, but highly useful bodyplans. They also have jaw pseudo-arms which feel similar to when you touch the flesh of a slug or snail, although they can feel dry and withdraw their slimy properties when it is time to consume food or manipulate the surrounding environment in order to consumer food. And some have changed the texture and feel to them using internal structures.

The first species we will be talking about is the Common Polkagreen,Punctiviriditis vulgaris EILE , it is a generalist biodetritivore and a waste decomposer. Primarily active at dawn. It feeds on biodetritus and waste produced by both the plategrass' and the apothemaites. Being active most at dawn and dusk, sometimes even into night as that is when they are less likely to get trampled by Eilen megafauna. This pattern of activity also applies to most arthrotetrid and "invertebrate" species who reside in the temperate plains. It is part of the Imitariscarabeiforms , a family of bio detritivores whose appearance is often reminiscent to that of beetles, albeit only at surface-level. They have a high level of diversity and can get pretty big for a purely land articulisid. They also have one jaw arm. The common polkagreens are 1cm tall and 4cm wide.

A common polkagreen walks along the blades. To a polkagreen, the blades produced the great colonial plategrass may seem like an endless forest. The polkagreen has an extendable jaw arm which can pass digestive enzymes if needed. Sometimes the other member of the Punctiviriditis genus , the Punctiviriditis cinismanduco EILE  loves to gorge istelf upon dead megafauna in "herds" up to 150 specimens of the species. Organisms to which the blades seem like a forest constitute a huge micro-habitat. 

The second species we will be talking about is the one who feeds on the cone shaped "blade" the plategrasses produce, the species, Acsendoprati vulgaris EILE , or simply, the Pygmy ditongue/  Greenplain blade-eater , although we will be using pygmy ditongues as the species is part of a family called pygmy ditongues with similiar herbivorous niches. The pygmy ditongue is part of the ditongues, a clade of arthrotetrids with protruding, sharp, claw-like jaw arms. The pygmy ditongue is , well a herbivore, as mentioned by the fact that it eats the blades of the Tuaisceartian plategrass .

The Pygmy ditongue has adhesive suction-like feet which are able to balance and stabilise and stick themselves onto the most unstable and flimsy of surfaces, such as the cone-shaped blade of the plategrass.

Like the polkagreens, these are also active mostly at dawn and at dusk, to avoid being trampled by the apothemaite megafauna, as so the majority of land articulisids in plains biomes. The pygmy ditongue is around 4mm in length. 

There are also organisms who predate on these critters, and they have a quite unexpected appearance only native to Eile. 

Plains blade-Pretender,  Imitor campestrecursor EILE., the specimen pictured here is among the low-growth blades, which grow about to it's size, being around 10cm tall.

The Plains blade-Pretender has a upper jaw arm, which is rather "pneumatised", and has developed complex internal structures  in order to be able to manipulate. The Plains blade -pretender takes advantage of the pygmy ditongues via using mimicry,  while the blade will look faulty and the pygmy ditongue will be hesitant, it will eventually decide that it just looks too good to give up and ignore .  Especially amongst lesser size blades, the blade-Pretender also has the advantage. Although they cannot be hiding in really short blades because even with the short-sightedness of the pygmy ditongues they may still figure. 

When a pygmy ditongues get on it's upper jaw arms, the blade-pretender will crush the pygmy ditongues absolutely cruelly, savouringly initiating every crush almost as if it is trying to play with it . But this is not true, simply the slow and meticulous crushing is a result of chitin armour of their prey, which results in larger force and energy being applied which have the blade-pretenders have evolved over millions of years to quickly excrete out of their bodies.

The Blade-pretender is part of the Superbrachiumids, an order of upper jaw armed species with high and diverse body plans. The Blade-pretenders long legs is because members of its family use mimicry in order to easily predate on the herbivores of the microhabitats.

As mentioned at the beginning of this entry there are many, many more species among the floors of these plains. But these are the ones that are mentioned in this article. Thank you for reading.