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Family Neelidae

Very Small Springtail - Megalothorax minimus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)

Order Neelipleona

Family Neelidae

Explanation of Names

Neelidae Folsom 1896

Numbers

_ spp. in 3 genera in our area, 65 spp. in 6 genera worldwide(1)

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

Contributed by John F. Carr on 22 October, 2010 - 9:18pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 16 December, 2023 - 4:35pm

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