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globular springtail - Dicyrtomina minuta

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

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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).

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