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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Seira » Seira bipunctata
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Entomobrya? - Seira bipunctata
Copyright © 2020 Salvador Vitanza

Entomobrya? - Seira bipunctata
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
November 7, 2020
Found many of these springtails on ripe mango that I feed to Dynastes grantii in a terrarium
Coordinates: 31.335356, -110.937938
Elevation: 3,932 ft
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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 7 November, 2020 - 7:49pm
Last updated 8 November, 2020 - 10:51am

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Salvador Vitanza, 8 November, 2020 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

Seira bipunctata
Note : scales are present. This excludes Entomobrya.
… Frans Janssens, 8 November, 2020 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

 
Great!
First entry from Arizona. Thank you Frans.
… Salvador Vitanza, 8 November, 2020 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

 
Note :
the specimens were found in a terrarium. So in principle, you can record this species for Arizona in articifial habitat only.
… Frans Janssens, 8 November, 2020 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

 
I guess you are right, but
it is not like I brought any of the terrarium ingredients (soil, leaves, wood, rocks, etc.) from out of state. Even the Dynastes grantii beetles were collected in southern Arizona. Well, with the exception of the pieces of mango fruit, which I washed before cutting.
… Salvador Vitanza, 8 November, 2020 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Given you have many specimens...
in the terrarium, it acts as a kind of culture of S. bipunctata. Apparently there is a foodsource available in the terrarium that drives the culture. Probably the mango.
Seira bipunctata is a typical domestic Collembola. S. domestica is the typical domestic Seira in Eurasia and Australia. It is replaced by bipunctata in the USA. So it could be that the terrarium got 'infested' by specimens living in the house. Look around in the house to see whether or not you can spot specimens. (in bath room, cellar, every damp location).
… Frans Janssens, 9 November, 2020 - 11:59am login or register to post comments

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