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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Dicyrtominae » Dicyrtomina » Dicyrtomina minuta
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globular springtail - Dicyrtomina minuta
Copyright © 2020 Steve Scholnick

globular springtail - Dicyrtomina minuta
Brookside Gardens, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
January 14, 2020

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 14 January, 2020 - 10:26pm
Last updated 15 January, 2020 - 10:26am

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… Steve Scholnick, 15 January, 2020 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

Dicyrtomina minuta female
Note female gonopore as transverse slit.
Excellent detail of the furca (basal manubrium + 2 apical dentes, each with a terminal mucro) and retinaculum (that holds the springloaded furca in place).
And of collophore with 2-step eversible vesicles (note tip of collophore).
… Frans Janssens, 15 January, 2020 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

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