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Stenacidia violacea

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Stenacidia violacea
Stenacidia violacea found in Washington State soil on the side of a trail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Collembola
Order: Symphypleona
Family: Sminthurididae
Genus: Stenacidia
Species:
S. violacea
Binomial name
Stenacidia violacea
(O.M.Reuter, 1881)

Stenacidia violacea is a species of springtail found within a Nearctic distribution. It is most commonly found in the United States, Canada and Europe. It was recently also discovered in Iran in 2019.[1][2][3][4][5]

Two Stenacidia violacea individuals, showing their stripe patterns

These springtails are yellowish overall in coloration, with purple sides. the antenna are bike shaped to straight. when the these springtails mate, they bring their antennas together, in what looks like a kiss. there is a white stripe down the middle of the springtail. It can also be dark purple in the females of the species.[1][2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stenacidia violacea (O.M.Reuter, 1881)". GBIF. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Stenacidia violacea in UK and Ireland". collembole.free.fr. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Checklist of the Collembola: Stenacidia violacea courtship (Collembola: Sminthurididae)". www.collembola.org. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  5. ^ Daghighi and Hajizadeh (2 January 2018). "Symphypleon springtails (Collembola: Symphypleona) from Iran with a checklist and a key to the Symphypleon springtails of Iran and redescription of one new species record for Iran Collembola fauna" (PDF). Entomofauna.