Sminthuridae

Sminthuridae
Sminthurus viridis, about 3 mm long, is also known as the Lucerne flea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Entognatha
Subclass: Collembola
Order: Symphypleona
Family: Sminthuridae

Sminthuridae is a family of springtails of the order Symphypleona.[1][2] Sminthurids are commonly referred to as globular springtails.[3][4]

List of genera

There are ten genera within the Sminthuridae.[1][5]

Notable species

Sminthurus viridis, the lucerne flea, is an introduced pest species in Australia. [6] [7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Family Sminthuridae" (in English). University of Michigan. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Sminthuridae.html. Retrieved 2009-11-11. 
  2. ^ "Order Symphypleona(" (in English). University of Michigan. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Symphypleona.html#Symphypleonal. Retrieved 2009-11-11. 
  3. ^ "Family Sminthuridae (globular springtails)" (in English). UniProt. http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/39131. Retrieved 2009-11-11. 
  4. ^ "Globular Springtail" (in English). University of California, Irvine. http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/Apterygotes/Sminthuridae.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-11. 
  5. ^ "Classification of Family: Sminthuridae" (in English). Global Biodiversity Information Facility. http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13148564. Retrieved 2009-11-11. 
  6. ^ "PestWeb - Lucerne Flea". www.agric.wa.gov.au/. http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/pestweb/Query1_1.idc?ID=1273892568. Retrieved 2008-10-11. 
  7. ^ "Collembola - springtails". http://www.ento.csiro.au/ CSIRO. http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/hexapods/collembola.html. Retrieved 2009-01-07.