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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Isotomidae » Proisotominae » Proisotoma » Proisotoma minuta
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Collembola - Proisotoma minuta
Copyright © 2009 Scott Justis

Collembola - Proisotoma minuta
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
March 3, 2009
Size: ??~0.50mm (est)
Found on underside of piece of pressure treated pine board. Size is an estimate because I picked them up scanning with my camera lens at 6.5x. I'm guessing that these are immatures of some elongate bodied collembola species.

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Contributed by Scott Justis on 4 March, 2009 - 10:12am
Last updated 6 March, 2009 - 7:43am

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Scott Justis, 6 March, 2009 - 7:43am login or register to post comments

Proisotoma minuta
A juvenile specimen, indeed.
This IDy is just an educated guess, given the elongated eyecluster and clublike 4th antennal segment.
… Frans Janssens, 5 March, 2009 - 4:18am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Frans...
I'm going to move this to the P. minuta guide page. In the meantime I will go out and try to get some higher magnification images.
… Scott Justis, 6 March, 2009 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

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