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Ptenothrix flavescens
Photo#151887
Copyright © 2007
Jim McClarin
Mushroom globular springtail -
Ptenothrix flavescens
Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
October 10, 2007
Size: probably 1.5 mm or less
Found several in a range of hues on the undersides of polypore mushroom caps in mixed woods. To see others,
click here
and here
.
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Contributed by
Jim McClarin
on 14 October, 2007 - 12:35pm
Last updated 16 October, 2007 - 5:19pm
Moved
Moved from
Dicyrtoma fusca
.
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Jim McClarin
, 16 October, 2007 - 3:19pm
Ptenothrix cf. flavescens
Dear Jim, your new postings were even more puzzling... ;-)
It turned out that it are 3 species:
those with pale (whitish) 4th antennal segment = Ptenothrix
those with dark 4th antennal segment = Dicyrtoma
These yellowish specimens match best with Ptenothrix flavescens. It is not yet reported from the USA. Therefore I used the 'cf.' (confer).
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Frans Janssens
, 16 October, 2007 - 12:40pm
I saved these specimens in ethyl alcohol.
Should I send them off for examination?
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Jim McClarin
, 16 October, 2007 - 3:18pm
Yes, that's a good idea
You can send the specimens to Dr Snider.
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Frans Janssens
, 17 October, 2007 - 2:15am
Would that be this Dr. Snider?
Dr. Richard J. Snider
Michigan State University
235 Natural Science Building
Department of Entomology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
snider (at) msu (dot) edu
btw, I never heard back from Ken Christiansen after I sent him the D. ornat*a specimens.
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Jim McClarin
, 17 October, 2007 - 5:28am
Yes
that's Dr Snider.
I'll check with Dr Christiansen what happened with the specimens.
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Frans Janssens
, 17 October, 2007 - 1:39pm
Moved
Moved from
Globular Springtails
.
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Jim McClarin
, 14 October, 2007 - 4:27pm
Dicyrtoma fusca
A puzzling picture. Everything fits Dicyrtoma fusca (such as head more pale then body and whitish feet and antennal apices), except the colour.
It should be more reddish...
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Frans Janssens
, 14 October, 2007 - 2:17pm
I'll be posting some momentarily
that are more reddish:
click here
and here
.
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Jim McClarin
, 14 October, 2007 - 3:17pm