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Genus Sminthurides

Representative Images

Courtship Ritual of Sminthurides weichseli - Sminthurides weichseli - male - female water springtail - Sminthurides Unknown - Sminthurides Sminthurides aquaticus?  - Sminthurides bifidus Sminthurides bifidus globular springtails on water - Sminthurides bifidus Globular Springtail - Sminthurides Sminthurides weichseli? - Sminthurides bifidus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Symphypleona (Globular Springtails)
Family Sminthurididae
Genus Sminthurides

Explanation of Names

Sminthurides Börner 1900

Numbers

13 spp. in our area(1), ~70 spp. worldwide(2)

Range

worldwide and throughout NA(2)