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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae
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Unknown Springtail
Copyright © 2017 Susan Leach Snyder

Unknown Springtail
Naples , Collier County, Florida, USA
March 4, 2015
Size: 1 mm
This springtail was isolated from leaf litter collected beneath a sand live oak in a scrub.

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Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 13 January, 2017 - 2:02pm
Last updated 2 August, 2017 - 2:38pm

Moved
Moved from Globular Springtails.
… Harsi S. Parker, 2 August, 2017 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

Dicyrtomidae
… Frans Janssens, 14 January, 2017 - 12:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Frans,
thanks so much for the family ID. Are the "elbowed" antennae a characteristic to look for in this family?
… Susan Leach Snyder, 14 January, 2017 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Quite right.
But more reliable is the very short 4th antennal segment. Which is visible in the 2nd shot.
… Frans Janssens, 15 January, 2017 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
Thank
you for that information. :)
… Susan Leach Snyder, 19 January, 2017 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

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