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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Dicyrtominae » Dicyrtoma » Dicyrtoma aurata
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Globular springtail on snow - Dicyrtoma aurata
Copyright © 2010 Charley Eiseman

Globular springtail on snow - Dicyrtoma aurata
Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
December 23, 2010

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Globular springtail on snow - Dicyrtoma aurata Globular springtail on snow - Dicyrtoma aurata
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 27 December, 2010 - 11:43am
Last updated 11 March, 2011 - 1:09pm

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
Thanks--what distinguishes this from Ptenothrix unicolor?
… Charley Eiseman, 11 March, 2011 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Ptenothrix versus Dicyrtoma
In dorsal aspect look at the small abdomen (abd.5-6):
in Ptenothrix the small abdomen is distinctly visible and pointed backwards
in Dicyrtoma the small abdomen is not/hardly visible and pointed downwards

Good to point this out. The specimen of Tom is indeed also Dicyrtoma aurata.
… Frans Janssens, 11 March, 2011 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

Dicyrtoma aurata
… Frans Janssens, 11 March, 2011 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

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