Um, what? - Morulina multatuberculata

Moved

… Natalie McNear, 29 January, 2010 - 1:42pm

Morulina multatuberculata

Thanks to the high resolution pictures you have sent me I was able to see that the specimen has a post-antennal organ. This excludes Neanura in which the PAO is absent.
Morulina multatuberculata is the best match for now.
Although the distinctly pale tubercles still are quite aberrant.

… Frans Janssens, 29 January, 2010 - 4:23am

Re: Morulina multatuberculata

Thank you for all the great information! If you tell me what the post-antennal organ looks like, I can upload some a photo of it to BugGuide to help with future identifications. It's interesting that the white tubercles are considered unusual - all the ones I found that day had them. Regional differences perhaps? The next time I go up to that particular location, I could try to collect some specimens for study.

… Natalie McNear, 29 January, 2010 - 1:42pm

PAO

On this picture, locate on the head the ocular tubercle. That is the tubercle containing the eyes. You can distinctly see 2 posterior black ocelli on the tubercle. There are 3 more ocelli in the anterior part of the tubercle (hard to see, in group). Just below these 3 eyes, thus NOT on the ocular tubercle but in front of it, is the post-antennal organ: the white blob close to the ocular tubercle (touching it) inbetween ocular tubercle and antenna. To show the PAO it would be best indeed to upload a cropped part of the highest resolution image. Possibly even digitally magnified 2x.

… Frans Janssens, 30 January, 2010 - 3:07am

Moved

Moved from Poduromorpha.

… Natalie McNear, 26 January, 2010 - 3:04pm

Neanura magna

Indeed. Well done, Joyce! And nice pictures, Natalie.
And yes the white bumps are atypical. It makes a goodlooking colour variant, though.

I would appreciate receiving your permission to use your Collembola pictures as illustrations at collembola.org
Credits and copyrights will be provided for each picture used.

… Frans Janssens, 17 January, 2010 - 6:16am

Re: Neanura magna

Thanks for the info! I'd be happy to let you use the images on your site. Would you like me to send you larger versions?

… Natalie McNear, 17 January, 2010 - 1:04pm

Neanura magna

Thanks for your kind permission.
Feel free to send me any other or larger shots at frans.janssens@collembola.org
Thanks in advance.
Frans

… Frans Janssens, 18 January, 2010 - 5:11am

bumpy springtail

Cool find.

… Lynette Elliott, 13 January, 2010 - 9:52am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Natalie McNear, 12 January, 2010 - 2:42pm

Maybe a springtail???

… Matt Edmonds, 12 January, 2010 - 2:36pm

Thanks!

That does appear to be a match!

… Natalie McNear, 12 January, 2010 - 2:39pm

similar to

this one

that I've seen, but I don't know if it's the same species. I like how the protuberances on yours are white.

… Joyce Gross, 12 January, 2010 - 5:21pm

Re: similar to

Indeed, it does resemble N. magna pretty closely, and the large size seems compatible too, but I haven't been able to find any photos of that species where the bumps are white. Hopefully someone who studies these animals will know what it is!

… Natalie McNear, 12 January, 2010 - 6:57pm