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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Tomoceridae
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Springtail8999
Copyright © 2007 Steve Nanz

Springtail8999
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
June 10, 2007
Something in Tomoceridae perhaps? Found under a rock with what I think might be Orchesella villosa which I also posted here.
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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 14 July, 2007 - 2:24pm
Last updated 4 August, 2007 - 3:37am

Collembola, Family Tomoceridae
Due to the damaged scale cover it is not possible to do a more detailed ID. At least 3 candidates remain:
1. Pogonognathellus flavescens, with silvergrey iridisation.
2. Tomocerus minor, with bluish iridisation.
3. Tomocerus vulgaris, with dark purple iridisation.
… Frans Janssens, 3 August, 2007 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Hmm, I clipped the one antennae that is at a good angle to determine relative length, and I over exposed the shot and had to adjust the levels so any iridisation may not be accurate.

Thank you for the family confirmation as well as the ID lesson.
… Steve Nanz, 4 August, 2007 - 4:35am login or register to post comments

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