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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Poduromorpha » Neanuroidea » Neanuridae
Photo#1479791
possible Neanuridae
Copyright © 2017 John Abbott

possible Neanuridae
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA
December 26, 2017
Size: 1/10 mm
From Frans Janssens: It matches our European Bilobella aurantiaca, given the gold-yellow body colour and apically white antennae.
Christiansen & Bellinger (1998) consider USA records of B. aurantiaca as dubious, however.
So it could be a new nearctic species close to B. aurantiaca.
Therefore our tentative ID = Bilobella near aurantiaca.
BTW, it is an interesting specimen : it is moulting. Note the upwards lifted abdomen and difference in colour (white versus yellow) of parts of the cuticula. The white parts = the loose old cuticula, which has to be removed.

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Contributed by John Abbott on 27 December, 2017 - 11:59pm
Last updated 21 January, 2018 - 5:49pm

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