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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Sminthuroidea » Bourletiellidae » Bourletiella » Bourletiella arvalis
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Globular Springtail - Bourletiella arvalis
Copyright © 2008 David Kleiman

Globular Springtail - Bourletiella arvalis
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
June 16, 2008
How can these be identified any further?

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Globular Springtail - Bourletiella arvalis Globular Springtail - Bourletiella arvalis
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Contributed by David Kleiman on 17 June, 2008 - 10:53am
Last updated 18 June, 2008 - 2:04pm

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… David Kleiman, 18 June, 2008 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

Bourletiella arvalis
Family = Bourletiellidae, not Sminthuridae.

See ref here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/85580
… Frans Janssens, 18 June, 2008 - 1:22am login or register to post comments

 
Interesting...
My North American reference (Bor/Del) does not even mention the family Bourletiellidae - they include all Bourletiella under Sminthuridae. Frans, do you know when they added this family?
… Ross Hill, 24 June, 2008 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

 
An up to date taxonomic hierarchy for Collembola
can be found at collembola.org
Bourletiellidae has been introduced by Börner in 1912. It is currently used in the sense of Bretfeld (1994).
… Frans Janssens, 25 June, 2008 - 1:48am login or register to post comments

ID
Wow, if you can characterize an insect as cute, I guess this one would be a great example. Regarding further ID, I have the keys to the springtails, and based on the apical papilla and other characters, what we have here is in the suborder Symphypleona - family Sminthuridae. Sorry, but I am not familiar with Canadian species.

See reference here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/68286
… Ross Hill, 17 June, 2008 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

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