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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Sminthuroidea » Sminthuridae

Family Sminthuridae

Representative Images

Globular Springtail - Sminthurus incisus globular springtail very tiny brown/tan insect - Sminthurus Globular springtail - Sminthurus Allacma fusca? - Allacma fusca Dark globular springtail - Allacma purpurescens Globular Springtail - Sminthurus bivittatus Pale globular springtail - Sminthurus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Symphypleona (Globular Springtails)
Superfamily Sminthuroidea
Family Sminthuridae

Explanation of Names

Sminthuridae Lubbock 1862

Numbers

3 subfamilies, with ?140 spp. in 7 genera in our area and ~240 spp. in ~30 genera worldwide(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 tom murray on 2 August, 2006 - 10:45pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 25 December, 2023 - 7:56pm

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