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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Ptenothricinae » Ptenothrix » Ptenothrix beta
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globular springtail - Ptenothrix beta
Copyright © 2017 Joyce Gross

globular springtail - Ptenothrix beta
Knowland Park, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA
January 12, 2017
Found on mushroom.

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 16 January, 2017 - 12:02am
Last updated 16 January, 2017 - 12:42pm

Moved
Moved from Ptenothrix.
… Joyce Gross, 16 January, 2017 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

Ptenothrix beta
Indeed.
… Frans Janssens, 16 January, 2017 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Globular Springtails.
… Joyce Gross, 16 January, 2017 - 12:46am login or register to post comments

Ptenothrix…
Similar to P. beta, a western species, which you have imaged in the past.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 16 January, 2017 - 12:43am login or register to post comments

 
Ptenothrix
Thanks Ross. Thought it was Ptenothrix but less sure of species. The Ptenothrix species look really similar to me... P. beta does look like a good match.
… Joyce Gross, 16 January, 2017 - 12:55am login or register to post comments

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