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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Orchesellinae » Heteromurus » Heteromurus nitidus
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Collembola - Elongate Springtail - Heteromurus nitidus
Copyright © 2017 Gabriel Levac

Collembola - Elongate Springtail - Heteromurus nitidus
Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
April 3, 2017
Size: 2mm
Another interesting springtail found under a board in a meadow - this one seemed to be covered in white scales that were mildly iridescent.
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Contributed by Gabriel Levac on 3 April, 2017 - 3:32pm
Last updated 4 April, 2017 - 2:28pm

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Moved from Springtails and allies.
… v belov, 4 April, 2017 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

Heteromurus nitidus
Note ant.1 is subdivided in a short basal and long apical subdivision.
Note ant.4 is annulated.
… Frans Janssens, 4 April, 2017 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Frans!
Very interesting! I've never heard of this species before. Feel free to use either of the images I've posted (or any of my images in general) on collembola.org.
… Gabriel Levac, 4 April, 2017 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thx!
For your kind offer to use your Collembola images as illustrations at collembola.org
… Frans Janssens, 4 April, 2017 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

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