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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Isotomidae » Proisotominae » Proisotoma » Proisotoma minuta
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Springtail - Proisotoma minuta
Copyright © 2016 Sym P. le

Springtail - Proisotoma minuta
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
February 12, 2016
Size: ~ .5 mm
I doubt that I can get any clearer than this on a juvenile specimen. The two most anterior ocelli do appear to touch.
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Contributed by Sym P. le on 19 February, 2016 - 1:27am
Last updated 19 February, 2016 - 6:11pm

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 19 February, 2016 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

Proisotoma minuta juvenile
A great picture! And a perfect match. This must be a scoop. It is known from Proisotoma minima that the ocelli are each located on its own black patch. But not (yet) in P. minuta. Apparently juvenile P. minuta also have 'isolated' ocelli. Great observation! In adults there is an elongate dark eyepatch that appears to be bipartite due to a constriction after the anterior group of 5 ocelli.
… Frans Janssens, 19 February, 2016 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Great Revelations and Sym P. le Apocalypses
I wasn't expecting great revelations on a ubiuqitous species so it will be interesting to see if it proves out to be true. It's interesting to explore my collection as I think I've come across a few more species (one mite, one wireworm, three or four springtail) that have survived the Sym P. le Apocalypse. I will post more as I sift through all the junk.
… Sym P. le, 23 February, 2016 - 12:27am login or register to post comments

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