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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Poduromorpha » Hypogastruridae » Ceratophysella
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springtail - Ceratophysella
Copyright © 2008 Joyce Gross

springtail - Ceratophysella
Anthony Chabot Park, Castro Valley, Alameda County, California, USA
January 26, 2008
Size: about 1mm
Found a lot of these on the gills of mushrooms growing on the ground under oak trees. Ceratophysella sp.?

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 27 January, 2008 - 11:14pm
Last updated 28 January, 2008 - 5:15am

Moved
Moved from Elongate-bodied Springtails.
… Joyce Gross, 28 January, 2008 - 5:15am login or register to post comments

Ceratophysella sp.
Certainly. Looks like C. pratorum... but there are about 25 species of Ceratophysella described from the USA. They all lookalike and can only be distinguished based on the chaetotaxy (distribution of the setae on the body).
… Frans Janssens, 28 January, 2008 - 5:14am login or register to post comments

 
thanks Frans
Genus ID is good. I'm still amazed at how they can go from being nearly invisible even when there are hundreds of them, to having a colorful pattern, legs, eyes, etc. when magnified.
… Joyce Gross, 28 January, 2008 - 5:23am login or register to post comments

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