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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Seira » Seira purpurea
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springtail - Seira purpurea
Copyright © 2007 Joyce Gross

springtail - Seira purpurea
Sunol Regional Park, Sunol, Alameda County, California, USA
May 27, 2006
Size: <2mm
Under the bark of a dead, downed tree (an oak, I think).
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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 7 January, 2007 - 2:01am
Last updated 13 December, 2010 - 3:18pm

Moved
Moved from Seira.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 December, 2010 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

thanks Frans
Moved from Entomobryidae to Seira for now.
… Joyce Gross, 8 January, 2007 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

Seira purpurea
Hi Joyce. After comparing both images Seira is the best match. See my comment at the other image. It is the second Seira species for the guide. Well done!
… Frans Janssens, 8 January, 2007 - 5:06am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Springtails and Allies.
… Joyce Gross, 8 January, 2007 - 12:28am login or register to post comments

Entomobryidae
Possibly genus Sinella, but hard to recognise. It seems that the specimen is transparant and that the dark longitudinal middorsal band is its gut contents.
… Frans Janssens, 7 January, 2007 - 4:49am login or register to post comments

 
one more image
Thanks Frans. I just posted this image in case it helps -- it's not such a different angle though.
… Joyce Gross, 8 January, 2007 - 12:34am login or register to post comments

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