Sminthurus fischeri? - Sminthurus

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… v belov, 27 December, 2013 - 12:03pm

Sminthurus fischeri ...

is a good candidate. The alternative is S. mencenbergae. Both have a dorsally striped pattern.
S. fischeri has 19-20 subsegments in the 4th antennal segment, while S. mencenbergae has 17-18.

… Frans Janssens, 27 December, 2013 - 11:05am

Thanks, Frans

I can't tell from this pic, but I may be able to get a better one eventually.

… John Schneider, 30 December, 2013 - 12:06am

You might also want to check:

Snider, R.J. 1983. Sminthurus mencenbergae, new species from Canada and Michigan (Collembola: Sminthuridae)., The Great Lakes Entomologists, Vol. 16, No. 4, p.115-122.
http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/MES/gle-pdfs/vol16no4.pdf#page=17
in which Snider gives a detailed description of the differences between the 2 lookalike species. In particular, check the difference in the eyes.

… Frans Janssens, 30 December, 2013 - 9:44am

Thanks

I looked at it with a microscope today, but the specimen is pretty dried out, and I was unable to see the eyes or antenna subsegments well enough to ID it to species.

… John Schneider, 4 January, 2014 - 7:55pm