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Family Arrhopalitidae

Blurry little globular Springtails collected in Waltham Arrhopalitidae - Arrhopalites caecus Arrhopalites caecus parasitized by a fungus - Arrhopalites caecus Arrhopalitidae sp. Arrhopalites sp - Arrhopalites caecus Arrhopalites sp - Arrhopalites caecus Pygmarrhopalites sp. - Pygmarrhopalites
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Collembola (Springtails and allies)
Order Symphypleona (Globular Springtails)
Superfamily Katiannoidea
Family Arrhopalitidae
Explanation of Names
Arrhopalitidae Stach 1956 sensu Bretfeld 1999
Numbers
_ spp. in 2 genera in our area, ~160 spp. in 3 genera worldwide(1)
Works Cited
1.Bellinger P.F., Christiansen K.A., Janssens F. (1996‒2023) Checklist of the Collembola of the World
Contributed by v belov on 7 April, 2013 - 2:38pm
Last updated 26 December, 2023 - 3:46pm

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