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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Poduromorpha
Photo#253441
Pink Springtail
Copyright © 2009 Peter Bryant

Pink Springtail
Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA
February 14, 2009
Size: ~0.5mm
Are the pink ones immature or a different species?

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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 15 February, 2009 - 9:45am
Last updated 14 March, 2009 - 7:29pm

Moved
Moved from Elongate-bodied Springtails.
… John F. Carr, 14 March, 2009 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Podura aquatica.
… Charles D. R. Stephen, 20 February, 2009 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

Poduromorpha
It is hard to ID these specimens even at family level. It could be Hypogastruridae, Brachystomellidae and/or Neanuridae. To distinguish these families we need to know, among other things, whether or not the specimens are able to jump. in other words, do they have a furca?
The pink specimens could be juveniles, but also another species. What is the number of ocelli in the dark blue and pink specimens? Do they both have a postantennal organ? Do they have anal spines? Etc... The required morphological characteristics to ID the specimens are not visible in the pictures.
An educated guess: the dark blue specimens could be Pseudachorutinae while the pink specimens could be Brachystomellidae.
… Frans Janssens, 16 February, 2009 - 4:01am login or register to post comments

 
ID springtails
Dear Frans: How do you recommend I get the answers? Should I make preparations for compound microscopy? Can you refer me to descriptions or examples of those characters?
… Peter Bryant, 16 February, 2009 - 7:59am login or register to post comments

 
Keing out slide mounted specimens
can be done using our keys at www.collembola.org
There are many keys provided at all kind of hierarchic levels. Available keys are marked with a key button following the taxon name in the systematic species lists.
So start with Collembola and open the key to the families. Once you found the family then open the key to the genera of that family. Etc...
Note, that not all keys are provided yet.
You can also get an overview of all currently available keys at the Keys webpage in the Menu.
… Frans Janssens, 17 February, 2009 - 3:26am login or register to post comments

Immatures
they're probably immature slate-grays (which them selves could be Podura or something else...)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/14528/bgpage
… Jonas Insinga, 15 February, 2009 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

Beautiful Photos
Whenever I've seen these light-slate gray springtails, I've seen some pink ones and some with some pink on them.
… Stephen Hart, 15 February, 2009 - 12:58pm login or register to post comments

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