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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Lepidocyrtinae » Lepidocyrtus
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Springtail - Lepidocyrtus
Copyright © 2010 Peter Cristofono

Springtail - Lepidocyrtus
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 12, 2010
Size: ~ 1 - 1.5 mm
Small, metallic-looking springtail found under a small stone in a field.
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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 12 August, 2010 - 7:21pm
Last updated 24 August, 2010 - 7:25am

Moved
Thanks Frans!
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Peter Cristofono, 24 August, 2010 - 7:25am login or register to post comments

Lepidocyrtus sp.
Both Tomoceridae and Lepidocyrtinae have bodies covered with scales giving them the typical metallic look. To distinguish both groups check the 3rd antennal segment. In Tomoceridae it is distinctly longer than the other antennal segments. In Lepidocyrtinae it is not distinctly different in length, as in this specimen.
… Frans Janssens, 24 August, 2010 - 2:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 August, 2010 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

Tomoceridae
Is my guess, I'm no collembola expert though
… Eric Moody, 12 August, 2010 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

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