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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Lepidocyrtinae » Pseudosinella » Pseudosinella rolfsi
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White springtails in Formica nest - Pseudosinella rolfsi
Copyright © 2017 James Bailey

White springtails in Formica nest - Pseudosinella rolfsi
Barfoot, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 20, 2017
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Contributed by James Bailey on 30 August, 2017 - 3:23pm
Last updated 31 August, 2017 - 12:43pm

Moved
Moved from Cyphoderus similis.
… James Bailey, 31 August, 2017 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

Pseudosinella rolfsi
To distinguish Pseudosinella rolfsi and Cyphoderus similis, check the width of the mesothorax compared to the width of the other body segments:
in P. rolfsi the mesothorax is distinctly more wide (as in your specimen)
in C. similis the mesothorax is about as wide as the other segments.
… Frans Janssens, 31 August, 2017 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Frans
I thought only Cyphoderus was found with ants.
… James Bailey, 31 August, 2017 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Several other species ...
such as Entomobryidae or Isotomidae, may be found in and nests. But Cyphoderus lives in a kind of symbiotic lifestyle with ants (called commensalism). They inhabit ant nests as shelters. But in more favourite circumstances they may be found not associated with ant nests.
… Frans Janssens, 1 September, 2017 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

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