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Family Hypogastruridae

Springtail - Hypogastrura harveyi Collembola - Ceratophysella gibbosa Hypogastruridae Hypogastrura sp. possibly harveyi? - Hypogastrura Pinkish Springtails - Ceratophysella Hypogastruridae 8 Hypogastruridae? - Ceratophysella SBBG-SCL-TIC_006082 - Hypogastrura
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Poduromorpha
Family Hypogastruridae
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 also includes a monotypic Afrotropical family.(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.Checklist of the Collembola
Contributed by Devin Carroll on 1 May, 2005 - 11:36pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 22 November, 2011 - 6:53am

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