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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Lepidocyrtinae » Lepidocyrtus
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wide-but-minute golden springtail - Lepidocyrtus
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

wide-but-minute golden springtail - Lepidocyrtus
Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Size: about 0.7 mm
Collected and photographed Jan. 1, 2007 by sifting hand-shredded moss and fungus samples gathered Dec. 9, 2006 from wooded area.

Due to its light color this minute springtail was easy to see racing around against the dark background. However, because it was so hyperactive I was unable to get more than one useful shot of it. Here it appears to be perched on an even smaller dead springtail with furcula extended and curling at tips.
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 13 January, 2007 - 6:21pm
Last updated 14 January, 2007 - 10:43am

Moved
Moved from Elongate-bodied Springtails.
… Jim McClarin, 14 January, 2007 - 10:43am login or register to post comments

Lepidocyrtus sp.
A subadult specimen.
… Frans Janssens, 14 January, 2007 - 8:18am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Frans.
Do all Lepidocyrtus species have a hump on their back when they mature but "good posture" when young?
… Jim McClarin, 14 January, 2007 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

 
No, not at all.
It are different species. Many Lepidocyrtus s.l. have a hump but not all species. There is a phylogenetic evolution within Lepidocyrtus species from species without a hump at all, via species with a moderate hump, to species with a distinct hump. Juvenile specimens of species with a hump have a hump from in the beginning except proportionally less distinct.
… Frans Janssens, 15 January, 2007 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Frans,
for educating me about springtails.
… Jim McClarin, 15 January, 2007 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

Oops. Here it is in this photo too:
… Jim McClarin, 13 January, 2007 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

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