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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Sminthuroidea » Bourletiellidae » Bourletiella » Bourletiella arvalis
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yellow globular springtail - Bourletiella arvalis
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

yellow globular springtail - Bourletiella arvalis
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
October 26, 2006
Size: about 1.2 mm
what a cute look, like a tiny bunny with sad, drooping ears

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 29 October, 2006 - 7:25pm
Last updated 1 November, 2006 - 5:13pm

Moved
Moved from Sminthurinus hensawi.
… Jim McClarin, 1 November, 2006 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Globular Springtails.
… Jim McClarin, 31 October, 2006 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

Sminthurinus hensawi
Hi Jim. I just identified a set of earlier images (that are of less quality than the current images). Christiansen & Bellinger (1998) consider all unpigmented yellowish USA specimens of Sminthurinus (sometimes identified as aureus) as hensawi. This specimen is a very pale one. The small pigment patch on its head between the eyes (distinctly visible in your previous images) is hardly visible here.
BTW, taking a series of shots from different angles is an excellent idea. Well done!
… Frans Janssens, 31 October, 2006 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Frans.
Now if I just had a lens like Tom Murray's :-)
… Jim McClarin, 31 October, 2006 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Bourletiella arvalis
Hi Jim. I goofed terribly with S. hensawi... Sorry about that. An easy to use character to differentiate between Sminthurinus and Bourletiella is the fourth antennal segment. In Sminthurinus it is not subsegmented. In Bourletiella it is clearly subsegmented. The ratio of the antennal segments 2:3:6:9 corresponds quite well with the description of B. arvalis.
… Frans Janssens, 1 November, 2006 - 6:19am login or register to post comments

 
Interesting.
I don't often catch my mistakes before someone else does ;-) I'll make the change.
… Jim McClarin, 1 November, 2006 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

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