Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Lepidocyrtus

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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)
Subfamily Lepidocyrtinae
Genus Lepidocyrtus
Explanation of Names
Lepidocyrtus Bourlet 1839
Numbers
~30 spp. in our area, ~270 spp. in 10 subgenera worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide(1)