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Globular Springtail - Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Globular Springtail - Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus
Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
September 8, 2008
Size: ~.6mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 10 September, 2008 - 7:17pm
Last updated 12 September, 2008 - 7:52am

Thanks Frans
This color form had me thinking maybe it was a different species, but I read your comments under one of the other pictures.
… tom murray, 12 September, 2008 - 7:52am login or register to post comments

 
To be honest...
... I think there are more then 1 species hiding under the name S. quadrimaculatus... I think at least 3 different ones based on the pictures I collected so far. But it is up to the US taxonomists to update their keys first. As long as this is not done we have to lump all these specimens onto the same species...
… Frans Janssens, 12 September, 2008 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus forma bimaculatus
… Frans Janssens, 12 September, 2008 - 6:42am login or register to post comments

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