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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Entomobryinae » Drepanura » Drepanura californica
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Entomobrya of some kind? - Drepanura californica
Copyright © 2008 Gary McDonald

Entomobrya of some kind? - Drepanura californica
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
February 7, 2008
Size: ~2-3mm
Another Collembolan of some kind on the lip of a large flower pot in our garden, maybe some kind of Entomobrya? (live oak/chaparral habitat).
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 27 June, 2008 - 12:52am
Last updated 9 March, 2011 - 6:12am

Moved
Moved from Salina mulcahyae.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 March, 2011 - 6:12am login or register to post comments

Drepanura californica
Given the recent upload of Scott Peden I realised I have systematically misidentified Drepanura californica specimens as Salina mulcahyae...
… Frans Janssens, 9 March, 2011 - 4:04am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Elongate-bodied Springtails.
… Gary McDonald, 4 August, 2008 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

Salina mulcahyae
A juvenile specimen.
It sure looks like Entomobrya. But the dorsal pattern reminds me of that of S. mulcahyae.
Note: IDing juveniles is always an educated guess, since keys are made only to ID adults...
… Frans Janssens, 4 August, 2008 - 4:04am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Frans
for the ID, I'll move it to the proper page.
… Gary McDonald, 4 August, 2008 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

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