Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Collembola<Pogonognathellus longicornis ID by T.Irwin & J.Peters

Posted by Roger Thomason on 19-02-2009 23:48
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Photographed in my garden...found under leaf litter.
Size approx 3mm.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 20-02-2009 17:22

Posted by Tony Irwin on 20-02-2009 01:44
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Tomocerus longicornis or close relation

Posted by Juergen Peters on 20-02-2009 02:13
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Tony Irwin wrote:
Tomocerus longicornis or close relation


Recent name: Pogonognathellus l..

Posted by Roger Thomason on 20-02-2009 17:14
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Thanks Tony/Juergen yet again.:)
I sent this off to Peter Shaw (Springtail Recorder for UK) who confirmed that it was P.longicornis,(recently renamed), T.longicornis is no more. I also found Dicyrtoma minuta in the same place, both of which are unrecorded in Shetland
Regards Roger
Edited by Roger Thomason on 20-02-2009 17:14