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Family Entomobryidae - Slender Springtails

Unknown Springtail - Willowsia nigromaculata

E. multifasciata? - Entomobrya multifasciata

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)

Works Cited

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

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 5 December, 2023 - 9:02pm

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