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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Katiannoidea » Katiannidae » Vesicephalus » Vesicephalus occidentalis
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Symphypleona - Vesicephalus occidentalis
Copyright © 2018 OwlBob

Symphypleona - Vesicephalus occidentalis
Packwood, Lewis County, Washington, USA
December 28, 2018
Size: 3 mm
I did not see any photos in Bug Guide or collembola dot org with this kind of blank area of pigmentation for Vesicephalus occidentalis. I have found quite a few individuals here with this feature, with a range of how much area was blank. It is interesting that the macrosetae follicles become visible when the pigmentation is absent. On a lit cloth at night adjacent to mixed conifer and deciduous woodlot.

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Contributed by OwlBob on 29 December, 2018 - 2:22am
Last updated 29 December, 2018 - 1:40pm

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 29 December, 2018 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

Vesicephalus occidentalis
You are right, Bob, this is an interesting infraspecific colour variation.
… Frans Janssens, 29 December, 2018 - 9:00am login or register to post comments

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