Sminthurides nr penicillifer, information

Klasse: COLLEMBOLA Lubbock, 1870
Order: SYMPHYPLEONA Börner, 1901
Familie: Sminthurididae Börner, 1906
Species: Sminthurides nr penicillifer Rare.

In this species the females have a band of wax around the body that depending on how the light falls on it looks blue or white. Sometimes the band is missing and he is not present in males. The species I photographed just across the border in Germany. But I have ever seen it anywhere in The Netherlands.
Species that can be confused with it are: non

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