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Family Hypogastruridae

Representative Images

springtail - Ceratophysella Collembola - Ceratophysella Springtails in the Retreat forest. - Hypogastrura Collembola - Ceratophysella Tiny black insects - Hypogastrura harveyi Schaefferia? Microgastrura sp. (undescribed?) - Microgastrura minutissima Springtails

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Poduromorpha
Family Hypogastruridae

Explanation of Names

Hypogastruridae Börner 1906

Numbers

~150 spp.(1) in 20 genera in our area, close to 700 spp. in ~40 genera worldwide(2)

Range

worldwide and throughout NA(2)

Remarks

Our only representative of the superfamily Hypogastruroidea, that includes two more small families(2)
Some Hypogastrura (generally bluish) and Ceratophysella (generally more purplish) species form conspicuous mass aggregations.

Works Cited

1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Bellinger P.F., Christiansen K.A., Janssens F. (1996‒2023) Checklist of the Collembola of the World
Contributed by Devin Carroll on 1 May, 2005 - 11:36pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 2 December, 2023 - 5:41pm

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