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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae)

Family Entomobryidae - Slender Springtails

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Entomobryomorpha - Seira Springtail in La Habra CA - Entomobrya atrocincta Seira bipunctata Springtail - Entomobrya multifasciata very small critter - Willowsia buski Springtail - Entomobrya atrocincta - male Very small something - Homidia socia Bark springtail - Entomobrya sp - Entomobrya confusa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Entomobryomorpha (Elongate-bodied Springtails)
Superfamily Entomobryoidea
Family Entomobryidae (Slender Springtails)
Numbers
_ spp. in 23 genera of 5 subfamilies in our area; worldwide, >1,700 spp. in 64 genera of 6 subfamilies (one small subfamily restricted to the Mediterranean & so. Africa)(1)
Identification
keys in(2)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(1)
Works Cited
1.Checklist of the Collembola
2.The nearctic members of the genus Entomobrya (Collembola)
K. Christiansen. 1958. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118(7): 439-545.
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 8 April, 2005 - 8:09am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Graham M, v belov
Last updated 22 November, 2011 - 7:33am

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