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Metallic Colors on Elongate Springtail - Lepidocyrtus paradoxus

Metallic Colors on Elongate Springtail - Lepidocyrtus paradoxus
Near Ruraldale, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
July 10, 2006
Size: 2.4 mm
Genus Lepidocyrtus ? Tentative ID based on antennae and discussion of this genus here on BugGuide. ID correction or confirmation would be appreciated.

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Lepidocyrtus paradoxus
ID by Dr Felipe Soto-Adames of the Illinois Natural History Survey.
"All individuals of 'L. hirtus' at Bugguide are L. paradoxus. As far as known L. hirtus has not been seen alive. Christiansen & Bellinger described the species from material collected in 1953 by one of the curators at Illinois Natural History Survey. The specimens of L. hirtus C&B saw were white or orange (probably as a result of age)."

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Lepidocyrtus hirtus
ID by Dr Kenneth Christiansen.

 
Thank-you
Thank-you, gentlemen!

Lepidocyrtus
Hi Stephen. Definitly! Well done.

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