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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Katiannoidea » Katiannidae

Family Katiannidae

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Globular Springtails - Sminthurinus henshawi Collembola - Katiannina macgillivrayi Unusual Katiannina Population — New Pictures - Katiannina Springtail - Vesicephalus occidentalis Tiny springtail - Sminthurinus elegans Vesicephalus? - Vesicephalus occidentalis Globular Springtail - Vesicephalus? - Vesicephalus Sminthurinus henshawi
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Symphypleona (Globular Springtails)
Superfamily Katiannoidea
Family Katiannidae
Numbers
>30 spp. in 6-7 genera in our area, >200 spp. in 19 genera worldwide(1)
Identification
the large white tubercles in between eye clusters indicate Katiannidae (vs Dicyrtomidae) --Frans Janssens, 13 Jan 2009
Range
nearly worldwide; throughout NA(1)
Remarks
a member of the superfamily Katiannoidea that includes 4 families, all represented in NA (>350 spp. in 25 genera globally)(1)
Works Cited
1.Checklist of the Collembola
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 12 July, 2006 - 11:45am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, v belov
Last updated 2 November, 2011 - 2:03pm

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