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Vesicephalus crossleyi
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Copyright © 2008
Cynthia Tedore
Collembola -
Vesicephalus crossleyi
North Carolina, USA
March 31, 2008
Size: 1-2 mm
A colleague found this on some moss. Note that it is in ethanol. Can anyone identify this to family? Thanks!
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Contributed by
Cynthia Tedore
on 17 April, 2008 - 4:27pm
Last updated 5 October, 2009 - 4:36pm
Moved
Moved from
Vesicephalus occidentalis
. (Whoops!)
Frans: You may have figured this out by now, but just in case -- no one is alerted when you edit a pre-existing comment. I just happened to stumble on this one, a year and a half later.
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Charley Eiseman
, 5 October, 2009 - 4:36pm
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Thanks
for pointing this out.
The system can be improved! ;-)
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Frans Janssens
, 6 October, 2009 - 3:12am
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Moved
Moved from
Sminthuridae
.
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Charley Eiseman
, 5 October, 2009 - 4:35pm
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Moved
Moved from
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.
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Charley Eiseman
, 5 May, 2008 - 8:01pm
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Vesicephalus crossleyi
At first I assumed it was Sminthurus. But after checking the literature the best match is Vesicephalus crossleyi.
Vescicephalus is a difficult genus to place in a family. Currently it has been placed in Katiannidae by convention, although it has also characteristics of Sminthuridae.
Vesicephalus have a special light sensitive paired organ inbetween the eyeclusters. In the picture it is out of focus, so hard to recognize.
Sorry for the confusion caused, Charley...
Dear Cynthia, I would appreciate receiving your permission to use your pictures of Collembola as illustrations at www.collembola.org
Credits and copyrights will be provided for each picture used.
Thanks in advance.
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Frans Janssens
, 5 May, 2008 - 2:59am
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