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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Seira
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Unknown Collembola - Seira
Copyright © 2014 Susan Leach Snyder

Unknown Collembola - Seira
Naples , Collier County, Florida, USA
December 17, 2014
Size: 2 mm
This springtail was in leaf litter collected in an oak hammock.
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Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 24 December, 2014 - 8:53am
Last updated 26 December, 2014 - 8:45am

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 December, 2014 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

Seira sp.
… Frans Janssens, 25 December, 2014 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
for identifying the genus. Would a different angle of the specimen help identify the species?
… Susan Leach Snyder, 27 December, 2014 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

 
The problem...
is the partially damaged scale cover. If you have a specimen with intact scale cover, take a dorsal shot.
… Frans Janssens, 27 December, 2014 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

 
Ok,
thanks for the advice.
… Susan Leach Snyder, 27 December, 2014 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

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