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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Katiannoidea » Katiannidae » Katiannina » Katiannina macgillivrayi
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globular springtail - Katiannina macgillivrayi
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

globular springtail - Katiannina macgillivrayi
Topsham, Orange County, Vermont, USA
May 15, 2007
Size: .6mm
Found under loose papery bark on a yellow birch.

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Contributed by tom murray on 16 May, 2007 - 10:22pm
Last updated 17 May, 2007 - 7:46am

Thanks Frans
I thought these little globular springtails had a little different pattern, and am glad you are around to identify them. Photographing them is a pleasure, since they don't move too fast or jump too often. Now to get them a little bigger:-)
… tom murray, 17 May, 2007 - 7:40am login or register to post comments

Katiannina macgillivrayi
A very nice pigmented species of the family Katiannidae. The genus Katiannina is easily recognised by the 2 distinct bilateral papillae on abdominal segment 5 (this is in Katiannina the last segment of the large abdomen), and ofcourse the red eye patches. The papillae bear a strong sensillar setae. The papillae are distinctly visible in the picture, but the sensilla are not resolved.
It is really an 'elegant' species ;-)
Nice catch, excellent pictures and new for Bugguide.
Well done, Tom.
… Frans Janssens, 17 May, 2007 - 2:35am login or register to post comments

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