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Family Entomobryidae - Slender Springtails

springtail ? - Entomobrya atrocincta - female Unknown Springtail - Lepidocyrtus Elongate-bodied Springtail - Willowsia nigromaculata Shiny Springtail - Lepidocyrtus? - Heteromurus major Springtail - Seira Lepidocyrtus Entomobrya? - Entomobrya katzi Collembola sp - Orchesella
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)
Explanation of Names
Entomobryidae Schäffer 1896
Numbers
_ spp. in 23 genera of 5 subfamilies in our area; worldwide, >1,800 spp. in 46 genera of 6 subfamilies (one small subfamily restricted to the Mediterranean & so. Africa)(1)
Identification
keys in(2)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(1)