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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Orchesellinae » Heteromurus » Heteromurus nitidus
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white springtail - Heteromurus nitidus
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

white springtail - Heteromurus nitidus
Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 19, 2007
Size: ~1mm
Found under a rock.
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Contributed by tom murray on 21 April, 2007 - 7:27am
Last updated 21 April, 2007 - 6:23pm

Thanks Frans
You keep astonishing me with your identifications of these springtails! I had no hope that this would get identified, especially to species. Now that you mentioned what to look for, the red eye patch and the 4th segment size are evident.
… tom murray, 21 April, 2007 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

Heteromurus nitidus
A juvenile specimen. Adults are up to 2.5 mm.
Note the relatively short 4th abdominal segment. Compare this with Orchesella. Both genera are united in the subfamily Orchesellinae. Heteromurus is covered with scales. And has 1+1 single eyes on small reddish eyepatches.
… Frans Janssens, 21 April, 2007 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

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