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Genus Sminthurus

Globular Springtail - Sminthurus medialis

globular springtail - Sminthurus incisus

Vermilion River - Springtail - Sminthurus

Pattern, antenna, and eyepatch - Sminthurus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)

Order Symphypleona (Globular Springtails)

Superfamily Sminthuroidea

Family Sminthuridae

Subfamily Sminthurinae

Genus Sminthurus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sminthurus Latreille 1802

Numbers

>80 spp. total(1)

Identification

Distinguished by long, annulated 4th antennal segment

Works Cited

1.	Bellinger P.F., Christiansen K.A., Janssens F. (1996‒2023) Checklist of the Collembola of the World

Contributed by tom murray on 20 September, 2006 - 6:18am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov
Last updated 25 December, 2023 - 7:25pm

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