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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Sminthuroidea » Bourletiellidae » Bourletiella » Bourletiella juanitae
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Globular Springtail - Bourletiella juanitae - female
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

Globular Springtail - Bourletiella juanitae - Female
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 30, 2007
Found in the grass near the house.
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Contributed by tom murray on 3 September, 2007 - 9:02am
Last updated 4 September, 2007 - 8:09am

Thanks Frans
I just unlinked the 2 pictures. Is the other one another female or the male?
… tom murray, 4 September, 2007 - 8:09am login or register to post comments

 
Both
are female. I did not see a picture of the male yet.
… Frans Janssens, 4 September, 2007 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

 
OK
Now I'll have to go back out and try to find a male.
… tom murray, 4 September, 2007 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

 
In that case : for your info
the male does not have the bilateral 3 white spots. It does have the white longitudinal middorsal stripe in the anterior part of the body AND it has the two small dots on the 5th abdominal segment, typical for B. juanitae.
… Frans Janssens, 5 September, 2007 - 1:51am login or register to post comments

 
I got a male
And I tried photographing it on a blue background to see if it came out any better than the light color I've been using.
… tom murray, 6 September, 2007 - 8:09am login or register to post comments

Bourletiella juanitae, female
Originally such specimens were described as a separate species Bourletiella fallonae. But they turned out to be female specimens of Bourletiella juanitae. In other words: Bourletiella juanitae has sexual dimorphism. The sexes are coloured differently.
… Frans Janssens, 4 September, 2007 - 3:22am login or register to post comments

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