BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Pseudisotoma sensiblis (a springtail)

Warning: Identification questionable
Date: 28 April 2006
Location: Berks, England
Record Summary: under bark scale, 2m up Horse Chestnut trunk
Associated organism: under bark scale of Aesculus hippocastanum
Identification Notes: Id by Frans Janssens who writes: "5th and 6th abdominal segments appear fused. Other characters to do a proper ID cannot be seen in the pictures. An educated guess based on the habitat (unde bark) is Pseudisotoma sensibilis which is dark blue."
Photo Summary: Group - close-up - highly enlarged

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