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Genus Sminthurinus

Globular Springtail - Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus Collembola - Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus forma similitortus - Sminthurinus henshawi Black globular springtail - Sminthurinus atrapallidus Springtail - Sminthurinus henshawi Globular Springtail - Sminthurinus henshawi globular springtail – Sminthurinus trinotatus? - Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus Sminthurinus? - 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
Genus Sminthurinus
Explanation of Names
Sminthurinus Börner 1901
Numbers
7 spp. in our area(1), ~100 total(2)
Identification
antennomere 4 much longer than the 3rd and not subsegmented (in Dicyrtoma, quite short compared to the 3rd) ―Frans Jansens
Range
nearly worldwide and throughout NA(2)