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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Poduromorpha » Neanuroidea » Neanuridae » Morulininae » Morulina
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Neanurid Springtails - Morulina
Copyright © 2010 Mark Swanson

Neanurid Springtails - Morulina
Avery County, North Carolina, USA
August 28, 2010
Size: about 10mm
There were 3 or 4 individuals on this mushroom. I don't have any better photos (e.g., no head or underside).

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Contributed by Mark Swanson on 10 September, 2010 - 7:03pm
Last updated 28 May, 2014 - 4:29pm

thanks much for confirming, Frans
Moved from Handsome Fungus Beetles.
… v belov, 14 September, 2012 - 6:50am login or register to post comments

Collembola: Neanuridae: Morulina
crassa or gigantea. Both are about 4mm and have been recorded from North Carolina cfr Christiansen & Bellinger (1998).
Well done, Charlene!
Thanks Vassili, for (re)directing me.
You might want to check out more pics of Morulina at collembola.org
… Frans Janssens, 14 September, 2012 - 3:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Mark Swanson, 20 October, 2010 - 10:18am login or register to post comments

remind me of endomychid larvae, but i'm not sure
will ask around
… v belov, 10 September, 2010 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

 
from F.W. Shockley:
"those don't look like any endomychid larvae I've ever seen. That's not to say they aren't though. We still don't know the larvae for many endomychids... including many of the North American species."
… v belov, 20 October, 2010 - 7:53am login or register to post comments

 
Interesting.
I guess this one will have to remain a mystery. Can we at least ascertain its order, e.g., Beetles (Coleoptera)?
… Mark Swanson, 20 October, 2010 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

 
both Paul Skelley and Art Zaitsev say, Endomychidae
so pls move the pix there for the time being
… v belov, 20 October, 2010 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

 
other comments...
I sent this link to a few other people and received comments from Steve Paiero and Jason Dombroski suggesting Neanurid springtails. There is a photo of a Morulina sp. in Steve Marshall's book (p.24) that resembles this photo...

Thought I'd "put that out there", but by no means do I doubt the expertise of Skelley and Zaitsev! :-)
… Charlene Wood, 21 October, 2010 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

 
sorry i didn't see this earlier, Charlene: great job, great eye
Steve and Jason have been most helpful on many an occasion
… v belov, 14 September, 2012 - 6:57am login or register to post comments

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