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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Ptenothricinae » Ptenothrix
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Springtail - Ptenothrix
Copyright © 2013 Kyron Basu

Springtail - Ptenothrix
Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
January 14, 2013
Size: ~1.7-2mm body length
Found under a piece of wood, feeding on the remains of another springtail. I think it's feeding, anyway.

What about Ptenothrix maculosa?


Are the big setae on the antennae of any significance?

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Contributed by Kyron Basu on 14 January, 2013 - 9:15pm
Last updated 15 January, 2013 - 6:55am

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… v belov, 15 January, 2013 - 6:55am login or register to post comments

Ptenothrix sp.
Could be maculosa, but this species is not well defined...
Else the undescribed P. sp.5 at collembola.org.
… Frans Janssens, 15 January, 2013 - 5:30am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Interesting, thanks. Would close-ups of any particular parts make it possible to tell for sure? If so I'll try to include them in future sets.
… Kyron Basu, 15 January, 2013 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

 
To check for Ptenothrix maculosa ...
Your specimen match more or less with the drawing made by Schött (1891): dark antennae, facial pattern, dorsal pattern.
See http://www.collembola.org/images/schott/1891/pl3fig1.jpg.
Check Schött's figure and try to make shots that may be compared with that figure.
… Frans Janssens, 17 January, 2013 - 4:06am login or register to post comments

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