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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea

Superfamily Entomobryoidea

springtail - Entomobrya nicoleti Orchesella villosa Adults - Orchesella villosa Springtail - Orchesella cincta - female Entomobryidae - Orchesella celsa Sinella sp. - Sinella cavernarum Coecobrya sp. with internally trapped macrosetae - Coecobrya Pseudosinella sexoculata? - Pseudosinella sexoculata ? - Entomobrya
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Entomobryomorpha (Elongate-bodied Springtails)
Superfamily Entomobryoidea
Numbers
_ spp. in 30 genera of 2 families in our area; worldwide, ~2,230 spp. in >100 genera of 3 families (one monotypic family restricted to Madagascar)(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 v belov on 1 November, 2011 - 12:23pm
Last updated 2 November, 2011 - 12:28pm

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