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Superfamily Sminthuroidea

dark red-face - Bourletiella hortensis Globular Springtail - Pseudobourletiella spinata Globular Springtail - Janusius sylvestris Globular Springtail - Bourletiella arvalis Springtail - Sminthurus mencenbergae Globular springtail - Sminthurus butcheri Globular Springtail - Pseudobourletiella spinata Sminthurus bivittatus ? - Sminthurus bivittatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Symphypleona (Globular Springtails)
Superfamily Sminthuroidea
Identification
2 families, with _ spp. in ~16 genera in our area and ~500 spp. in 67 genera worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(1)
Works Cited
1.Bellinger P.F., Christiansen K.A., Janssens F. (1996‒2023) Checklist of the Collembola of the World
Contributed by v belov on 1 November, 2011 - 3:57pm
Last updated 2 November, 2011 - 2:07pm

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