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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 Entomobryomorphan - Seira
Copyright © 2016 Susan Leach Snyder

Unknown Entomobryomorphan - Seira
Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA
February 10, 2016
Size: .75 mm
This collembolan was living in leaf litter beneath an oak hammock that was adjacent to a scrub.

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Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 19 March, 2016 - 2:22pm
Last updated 20 March, 2016 - 8:23am

Moved
Moved from Elongate-bodied Springtails.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 20 March, 2016 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

Seira sp.
… Frans Janssens, 19 March, 2016 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much
for the genus ID, Frans. I still have the springtail and can take additional photographs. Is there any particular structure I could photograph that would help determine the species?
… Susan Leach Snyder, 20 March, 2016 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

 
Seira brasiliana
Most probably.
… Frans Janssens, 20 March, 2016 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much
for the help!
… Susan Leach Snyder, 21 March, 2016 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

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