Lepidocyrtus lignorum
A predominantly pale species with faint traces of blue pigment on the head, thorax and legs; scales present on the legs and ant1+ant2, no scales on ant3+ant4 (c.f. Lepidocyrtus curvicollis), eyepatch roundish (less elongate than other species).
In leaf litter.
All year round.
Little recorded but probably widespread and moderately common. It could be under-recorded due to confusion with other pale Lepidocyrtus species in the past.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
AJ Cann
Shady Lane Arboretum
03 November 2018
AJ Cann
Market Bosworth
31 December 2018
AJ Cann
Gumley
03 January 2019
Scales on Ant1
AJ Cann
Ingarsby
02 March 2019
AJ Cann
Great Merrible
12 May 2018
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Springtails & Bristletails
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Entomobryomorpha
- Family:
- Entomobryidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 16
- First record:
- 28/01/2018 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 01/12/2020 (Cann, Alan)
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AJ Cann
Shady Lane Arboretum
03 November 2018
AJ Cann
Launde Big Wood
06 July 2018
AJ Cann
Launde Big Wood
06 July 2018
Claw and empodium
AJ Cann
Martinshaw
11 March 2018
AJ Cann
Billa Barra
28 January 2018
AJ Cann
Launde Big Wood
06 July 2018
Scales on Ant1+2
