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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Ptenothricinae » Ptenothrix » Ptenothrix macomba
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Very small springtail - Ptenothrix macomba
Copyright © 2007 Graham Montgomery

Very small springtail - Ptenothrix macomba
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
June 22, 2007
Size: <1 mm
On a piece of rotting watermelon.Sorry about the photo. I actually got pretty lucky managing to get this in focus... it's probably the smallest thing I've tried to take a photo of...
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 25 June, 2007 - 3:21pm
Last updated 21 October, 2007 - 9:20am

Moved
Moved from Ptenothrix curvilineata.
… Beatriz Moisset, 21 October, 2007 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

Ptenothrix macomba
Dear Graham,
Dr Snider, of the Michigan State univ, pointed out to me that it is not Ptenothrix curvilineata, but its close relative Ptenothrix macomba.
So, at last we have now a correct identification ;-)
Sorry for the confusion caused...
… Frans Janssens, 21 October, 2007 - 3:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Beatriz Moisset, 26 August, 2007 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

Ptenothrix curvilineata
Thanks to your recent picture of well pigmented specimen of this species
http://bugguide.net/node/view/133801,
I was able to do a proper ID of this juvenile.
Apparently, I missed the lateral 'curved line' the first time...
I must be getting blind... ;-)
… Frans Janssens, 5 August, 2007 - 7:40am login or register to post comments

Ptenothrix beta, juvenile
Just a first guess, sorry.
Given the short basically thickened 4th antennal segment it is clearly family Dicyrtomidae. Given the small size it must be a juvenile. The pigment pattern matches best with adult Ptenothrix beta. But given the specimen is a juvenile, the pigment pattern may develop otherwise when it grows older...
… Frans Janssens, 26 June, 2007 - 7:43am login or register to post comments

 
Great!
I'm surprised you could even guess. Should I move it there? Thanks!
… Graham Montgomery, 27 June, 2007 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, I would
If it needs to be moved later there is no harm done ;-)
… Frans Janssens, 27 June, 2007 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

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