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Isotomurus? - Entomobrya clitellaria
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Isotomurus? - Entomobrya clitellaria
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
February 12, 2007
Size: 2mm approx.

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Isotomurus? - Entomobrya clitellaria Isotomurus? - Entomobrya clitellaria
Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 12 February, 2007 - 7:28pm
Last updated 26 April, 2013 - 6:13pm

Moved
Moved from Entomobrya clitellaria.
… Harsi S. Parker, 5 May, 2009 - 6:23pm

Moved
Moved from Elongate-bodied Springtails.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 13 February, 2007 - 7:06am

Entomobrya cf. albocincta
Entomobrya clitellaria according to USA collembologists who consider this species as having a variable pigment pattern. Compare it with the other E.clitellaria pictures in Bugguide to see the differences in colour pattern.

But it looks clearly like the European E. albocincta...
Therefore I prefer to ID such specimens with a dark 4th abdominal segment as E. cf. albocincta.
The 'cf.' clause (short for latin 'confer') can be read as 'looks like'.
Or, this species is a recent import from Europe. Or, E. clitellaria is a species complex and needs revision...
… Frans Janssens, 13 February, 2007 - 6:18am

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