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3 Seira betica ?!? - La Palma, Canary Islands -
3 Ptenothrix blidana (?) -
2 Dicyrtoma fusca var. rufescens - Adult -
3 Pogonognathellus longicornis - Worn -
3 Entomobrya nivalis -
2 Tomocerus minor (?) -
4 Neanura muscorum ?? -
4 Xenylla maritima on Plane tree -
2 Xenylla maritima -
3 Sminthurus viridis(?) -
3 Cassagnaudiella pruinosa -
3 Calliphora sp. - Male -
4 Entomobrya albocincta -
3 Willowsia platani -
3 Willowsia nigromaculata -
4 Orchesella flavescens -
3 Entomobrya albocincta -
2 Orchesella villosa -
3 Orchesella villosa -
3 Pogonognathellus longicornis -
3 Tomocerus vulgaris -
4 Entomobrya lanuginosa -
![Cyphoderus albinus Had a quick look to see if I have older images of Springtails not yet featured on JD ...
This is a blind commensal/mutualist in the nests of many species of Ants.
The taxonomy seems to be in flux with various family names being used by different authors (Cyphoderidae, Paronellidae, Lepidocyrtidae).
Here I've chosen to follow this remark by Frans Janssens (2018):
"We propose to cluster Paronellini and Cyphoderini in Cyphoderinae, under Lepidocyrtidae, in line with the molecular phylogeny of Zhang et al., 2015, and the morphological study of Zeppelini & Oliveira, 2016."
[ https://www.collembola.org/taxa/cyphoder.htm ] Collembola,Cyphoderidae,Cyphoderinae,Cyphoderus,Cyphoderus albinus,Entomobryomorpha,Geotagged,Lepidocyrtidae,Netherlands,Paronellidae,Springtail,nl: Mierenspringstaart](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/105666_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=Qv7uVZiMnamhTEbDxBgw1kUTP0o%3D)
3 Cyphoderus albinus -
4 Orchestia gammarellus
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Time restraints due to changed circumstances in life make it impossible to continue with this hobby, so my activity here will more or less come to an end. I might still be uploading an older photo or two while cleaning up after myself, but that'll be it. Thanks to all for the good times!
All images will remain available as CC0 / Public Domain for anyone to use and I'm open to requests for originals or other versions, but I won't be putting real time into creating new content anymore.
