Globular springtail

Sminthurinus elegans

Classification

Class: Collembola
Order: Symphypleona
Family: Katiannidae

Sminthuridae (Lubbock, 1862), not to be confounded with: Sminthurididae (Börner, 1906), is a family of springtails of the order Symphypleona. Sminthurids are commonly referred to as globular springtails. Description Like other Symphypleona, Sminthuridae are globular in shape and have a furcula that allows them to jump.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Globular springtail

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