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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Ptenothricinae » Ptenothrix
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Globular Springtail - Ptenothrix
Copyright © 2009 Kevin Hall

Globular Springtail - Ptenothrix
Lacey (near Olympia), Thurston County, Washington, USA
March 27, 2009
Lateral view. I suspect this is the same species of Ptenothrix as:

They both have the same white spots on the lateral surface (obscured by the flash in this pic, but visible in the other views), and they both have very similar, very distinctive patterns on their backs (best seen in the dorsal view). I know you said these are tough, Frans, but with those distinctive white spots on the sides and recognizable pattern on the dorsal surface...

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Contributed by Kevin Hall on 1 April, 2009 - 12:12am
Last updated 2 May, 2009 - 12:04pm

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… Charley Eiseman, 2 May, 2009 - 12:04pm login or register to post comments

Ptenothrix sp.
The pictures are excellent but unfortunately the literature on US Ptenothrix is confusing. I cannot IDy the specimen with currently available keys. At collembola.org I have grouped all unidentifiable specimens and I have tentatively classified your specimen as Ptenothrix sp.5.
… Frans Janssens, 10 April, 2009 - 4:22am login or register to post comments

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