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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Poduromorpha » Hypogastruridae » Ceratophysella
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Tiny Springtail - Ceratophysella
Copyright © 2007 Stephen Luk

Tiny Springtail - Ceratophysella
Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
April 14, 2007
Size: Max. 0.4 mm
Still on the dark-field 'arena'. I deliberately deflected the flash to create this shadow effect, in which the legs and segmentation show up relatively well. This species does not appear to be capable of jumping.

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 15 April, 2007 - 2:42pm
Last updated 19 April, 2007 - 11:10am

Moved
Moved from Elongate-bodied Springtails.
… Stephen Luk, 19 April, 2007 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

Family Hypogastruridae
Given it has 3 distinct thoracic segments.
… Frans Janssens, 18 April, 2007 - 3:15am login or register to post comments

 
Maybe a...
Ceratophysella? Unless it was an immature, it sure looks like it's in that genus. But I dunno ... just a guess. Might it just be safer to leave this series in the family page?
… Stephen Luk, 19 April, 2007 - 12:44am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, you are right
It could be a juvenile Ceratophysella. It is better then to move the picture to Ceratophysella. It is then more easy to compare the picture with the other closely related ones.
… Frans Janssens, 19 April, 2007 - 3:49am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
It very much appears to have the feature you pointed to. I'll move the images to family for now.
… Stephen Luk, 18 April, 2007 - 8:04am login or register to post comments

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