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Family Onychiuridae

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Springtail Springtail Onychiuroidea Poduromorpha 1 Poduromorpha 12 Plot 116 - Protaphorura Onychiuroid? Unknown Tullbergiid(?) Onychiurine of uncertain placement (undescribed species/genus?) Elongate Springtail

Classification

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

Explanation of Names

Onychiuridae Lubbock 1867

Numbers

~?40 spp. in 27 genera of 2 subfamilies in our area(1) (a single sp. of Lophognathellinae, the rest are in Onychiurinae), close to 600 spp. in >50 genera worldwide, arranged in 3 subfamilies(2)

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 john and jane balaban on 29 December, 2008 - 9:36am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 3 December, 2023 - 9:13pm

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