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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryidae » Orchesella » Orchesella cincta
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Hairy-back girdled springtail - Orchesella cincta
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

Hairy-back girdled springtail - Orchesella cincta
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
May 8, 2006
Size: about 2.9 mm
Trapped in unbaited pitfall along with two smaller black/yellow banded ones.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 11 May, 2006 - 9:05pm
Last updated 5 July, 2006 - 6:10pm

Orchesella cincta
Hi Jim. A fairly joung specimen. The older they get the more black they become.
… Frans Janssens, 5 July, 2006 - 7:22am login or register to post comments

 
Excellent!
I guess those distinctive markings pegged it to species.
… Jim McClarin, 5 July, 2006 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

 
cincta refers to the white transversal band
Yes Jim, the name cincta refers to the white markings on body and antennae, both in the form of a white transversal band.
… Frans Janssens, 12 July, 2006 - 5:44am login or register to post comments

 
I took Latin in high school
But the fact that cincta was the root word for cinch (English) or cinchuron (Spanish) escaped me :-)
… Jim McClarin, 12 July, 2006 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

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