Family SMINTHURIDIDAE Börner, 1906
- Sminthuridinae Börner, C. 1906. Das System der Collembolen nebst Beschreibung neuer Collembolen des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 23: 147-188 [163].
Type genus:
Sminthurides Börner, 1900.
Introduction
This family was recognised by Richards' (1968) as a subfamily but is treated here as a family following Betsch (1980), who raised Richards' seven subfamilies to family status. There are 4 genera and 6 species in Australia.
Members of the Sminthurididae are fairly small Collembola and exhibit marked sexual dimorphism; several genera include aquatic species, although none are marine. Generally species have short life histories. For instance, species of Sphaeridia can complete the life cycle from egg to adult in less than a week under suitable conditions.
Diagnosis
Characterised by: thorax I reduced and without setae, mandibular plate present, thorax II to abdomen IV more or less fused and globular, abdomen V and VI also fused, postantennal organ absent, antenna III equal to or shorter than antenna IV, males bearing clasping antennae, females lacking anal appendages.
Systematics
sensu Betch & Massoud 1970
General References
Betsch, J.M. 1980. Éléments pour une monographie des Collemboles Symphypléones. (Hexapodes, Aptérygotes). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] Zool. 116: 1-227
Betsch, J.M. & Massoud, Z. 1970. Études sur les insectes Collemboles. I. — Systématique, ultrastructure externe et écologie du genre Jeannenotia Stach, 1956 (Symphypléones, Sminthuridae n. comb.). Description de deux Collemboles nouveaux (Proisotoma et Sminthurides). Revue d'Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol 7(2): 153-225
Richards, W.R. 1968. Generic classification, evolution and biogeography of the Sminthuridae of the world (Collembola). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 53: 1-54
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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28-Jun-2018 | COLLEMBOLA Lubbock, 1870 | 03-May-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Alice Wells |
28-Feb-2013 | 28-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |