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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Sminthurididae » Sphaeridia » Sphaeridia pumilis
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Unknown Globular Springtail - Sphaeridia pumilis - female
Copyright © 2018 Susan Leach Snyder

Unknown Globular Springtail - Sphaeridia pumilis - Female
Naples , Collier County, Florida, USA
March 4, 2015
Size: ~.2 mm
This very tiny springtail was living in leaf litter collected under a sand live oak tree. Based on the shape of its antennae and your instruction, Frans, I believe it is a male.

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Unknown Globular Springtail - Sphaeridia pumilis - female Unknown Globular Springtail - Sphaeridia pumilis - female Unknown Globular Springtail - Sphaeridia pumilis - female
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Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 26 January, 2018 - 12:53pm
Last updated 27 January, 2018 - 8:31pm

Moved
Moved from Globular Springtails. I presume Susan was referring to your comment on her other images of this species(1)
… Aaron Hunt, 27 January, 2018 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thx, Aaron
Note the diff in the shape of the antennae :
in the female : ant2+3(+4) narrow and straight
in the male : ant2+3 modified in a clasping mechanism (note the angle between ant2 and ant3.
… Frans Janssens, 28 January, 2018 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

Sphaeridia pumilis female
Note in the male, the antennae are modified into a clasping mechanism (ant.2+3).
Pls, tell me where you did find 'my instruction'.
… Frans Janssens, 27 January, 2018 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

 
Frans,
Aaron is right. You gave me some instruction in the image I submitted as referenced below. Your instruction was fantastic, but your student [Susan] was confused.

Thank you, again, for helping me learn this structural difference between males and females.

Susan

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… Susan Leach Snyder, 28 January, 2018 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

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