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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dicyrtomidae sp.

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 02-02-2007 01:22

hi otherinsektforum,

Is this a Dicyrtomidae sp.?

perhabs D. ornata?

I see a boy with punkhair on it's back :D

I don't know if it lives in The Netherlands..?

Suggestions are welcome..

Robert,

Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 02-02-2007 01:25

Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-02-2007 05:25

Hello, Robert!

Yes, this is Dicyrtomina ornata. I have found those beautiful little critters often here in northwest Germany in the last weeks, and they were confirmed my Collembola specialist Frans Janssens (www.collembola.org) as D. ornata. I'm pretty sure, they will also occur in the Netherlands.

http://insektenfo...eadid=5169

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 02-02-2007 09:12

Hi J?rgen, :)

Thanks a lot!, you are sure it is not: Dicyrtomina minuta or Dicyrtomina saundersi ?

Robert,

Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-02-2007 20:08

Hello, Robert!

Robert Heemskerk wrote:
Thanks a lot!, you are sure it is not: Dicyrtomina minuta or Dicyrtomina saundersi ?

D. saundersi is not so colourfully ornamented as ornata (name!) and minuta is mainly yellow with a small blue spot on the end of the abdomen. Nevertheless: some experts think all three are only colour variants of the same species (http://www.steveh.../374DMmin/).