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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Dicyrtominae » Dicyrtomina » Dicyrtomina minuta
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Springtails - Dicyrtomina minuta
Copyright © 2024 Liam Ragan

Springtails - Dicyrtomina minuta
Victoria, Capital District, British Columbia, Canada
January 2, 2024
Huge number of these floating on a briny pool. Collected, can upload microscope views of necessary features
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Contributed by Liam Ragan on 2 January, 2024 - 2:05pm
Last updated 3 January, 2024 - 9:56am

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Dicyrtomina minuta
Two forms are present :
forma ornata : with black irregular rectangular butt patch
forma saundersi : with butt patch in shape of a Xmas tree
Pools are often death traps for surface active Collembola...
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