Hobby culture
Thai Red
Common name Tentative
Also sold as Red Springtail
A culture sold as Thai Red. The working identification is Lobella sp. 'Thai Red'.
Read this first
The identification is a working one. Do not cite it as a confirmed species.
What the name stands for
Three different things share one name. A culture is not a species, and a species is not the animals in your tub. Keeping them apart is how this site avoids repeating the trade's mistakes.
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The culture
A lineage kept in tubs and passed between keepers under one name. The name comes from the trade.
- Name type
- Common name
The origin of this stock is not documented.
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The species it matches
The working identification, and how it was reached.
Lobella sp. 'Thai Red'- Name form
- sp. (species not named) The genus is known. The species is not.
- How sure
- Tentative A best guess that needs checking.
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The animals checked
A specimen was examined.
- Basis
- Body form
- Review
- Reviewed by a curator
Care advice follows the working identification. Check it against what you see.
What would settle it
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Which *Lobella* species is the Thai Red?
Identification Needs a specialist
Why it matters. The genus is confirmed but the seller does not plan a species identification. Pages cannot give the animal a species name without one.
What would help. Slide-mounted adults examined against the Lobella literature, with tubercle and chaetae counts, and a voucher kept with a collection.
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Which genera and species are the red and white neanurid hobby cultures?
Identification Needs a specialist
Why it matters. Thai Red, Thai Red Spiky, Thai Ruby, Pennywise and Santa Claus all look like plump coloured neanurids. Colour alone cannot place them, and visually different lines may or may not be different species.
What would help. Vouchers from each line scored for tubercles, setae, eyes, mouthparts and claws against the revisions of the group.