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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Entomobryinae » Entomobrya » Entomobrya confusa
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springtail - Entomobrya confusa
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

springtail - Entomobrya confusa
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 16, 2007
Size: 2.2mm
I think I got this species right. Found under bark.
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Contributed by tom murray on 17 March, 2007 - 8:51am
Last updated 17 March, 2007 - 4:48pm

Thanks Frans
These are very confusa-ing.
… tom murray, 17 March, 2007 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

Entomobrya confusa
The difference with sinelloides is subtle: both have dark posterior segment margins. But only sinelloides has dark margins at the last segments. This specimen does not have the dark margins at the 4th and 5th abdominal segments, therefore I vote for confusa...
… Frans Janssens, 17 March, 2007 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

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