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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
I'm posting this image in case it helps with this other image I posted -- it may not be the same individual; the angle is only slightly different but it's the most "different" angle I have.
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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 8 January, 2007 - 12:32am
Last updated 13 December, 2010 - 3:18pm

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

Moved
Moved from Entomobryidae.
… Joyce Gross, 8 January, 2007 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

Seira purpurea for the time being
Blowing up the image shows a faint iridisation. This suggests the body is covered with translucent scales. This excludes Sinella. Given the relatively short 4th abdominal segment, best match is then Seira.
As for the species: tentatively purpurea (in fact knowltoni, but that name has been synonymised with purpurea). We will have to wait for more specimens to be sure.
… Frans Janssens, 8 January, 2007 - 5:03am login or register to post comments

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