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Dicyrtomina minuta
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Copyright © 2020
Steve Scholnick
globular springtail -
Dicyrtomina minuta
Brookside Gardens, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
January 14, 2020
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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
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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Frans Janssens
, 15 January, 2020 - 8:44am