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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Tomoceridae » Tomocerus » Tomocerus vulgaris
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Springtail - Tomocerus vulgaris
Copyright © 2007 Sam Houston

Springtail - Tomocerus vulgaris
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
November 22, 2007
Size: 1/32"-1/16"
There were lots of these under a rock in sandy soil. Please help with ID.
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 22 November, 2007 - 9:38pm
Last updated 24 November, 2007 - 8:26am

Moved
Moved from Elongate-bodied Springtails.
… Sam Houston, 24 November, 2007 - 8:26am login or register to post comments

Tomocerus vulgaris, probably
Thanks Chuck for bringing this to our attention.

Note the very long 3rd antennal segment, typical for the members of the family Tomoceridae.
Given
1. the antennae are shorter then the body
2. the overall body colour is uniform
three candidates remain: Pogonognathellus flavescens (with silvergrey body colour), Tomocerus minor (blueish), and Tomocerus vulgaris (dark purplish, but often with transversal golden bands).
In Tomoceridae the body colour observed is caused by iridisation effects of the cover of small translucent scales. In other words, depending on the light conditions, the specimen may appear to have a different colour. Given the dark purplish body, I vote for Tomocerus vulgaris.
… Frans Janssens, 24 November, 2007 - 4:45am login or register to post comments

Articulate antennae
This is a Springtail, the Collembola, can't give you a better ID than that. The articulate antennae are indicative of this group
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 22 November, 2007 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Moved to guide
Frans Janssens is more likely to see it there and ID it.
… Chuck Entz, 23 November, 2007 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

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