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forma bimaculatus (Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus forma bimaculatus)
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Copyright © 2007
Claude Pilon
Sminthurinus bimaculatus ? -
Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus
Repentigny, Lanaudière County, Quebec, Canada
May 17, 2007
Found on rotten wood, in the garden.
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Contributed by
Claude Pilon
on 17 May, 2007 - 7:30pm
Last updated 17 July, 2009 - 12:12pm
Moved
Moved from
Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus
.
Please see remarks on the
Info page
.
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Harsi S. Parker
, 17 July, 2009 - 12:12pm
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Moved
Moved from
Globular Springtails
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Claude Pilon
, 18 May, 2007 - 8:29pm
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Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus f. bimaculatus
This is an interesting specimen. The nearctic species Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus, as the name suggests, has normally 4 white spots on its abdomen. But there exists a rare colour form in which the 2 anterior spots are lacking. This colour form is then called forma bimaculatus.
Confusing is that there is another but palearctic (European) species with only 2 spots: Sminthurinus bimaculatus.
Note in this excellent picture that the socalled spots are in fact convex cuticular elevations: check out the white elevation at the right side of the abdomen.
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Frans Janssens
, 18 May, 2007 - 4:26am
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