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Sminthurinus
Genus
Sminthurinus
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
)
Works Cited
1.
American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.
Bellinger P.F., Christiansen K.A., Janssens F. (1996‒2023) Checklist of the Collembola of the World
Contributed by
Jim McClarin
on 12 July, 2006 - 11:47am
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
,
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 26 December, 2023 - 4:15pm