Dicyrtomidae is a family of

Collembola Springtails (Collembola) form the largest of the three lineages of modern hexapods that are no longer considered insects (the other two are the Protura and Diplura). Although the three orders are sometimes grouped together in a class called Ento ...

in the order

Symphypleona The order Symphypleona is one of the three main groups of springtails (Collembola), tiny hexapods related to insects. When the springtails were still believed to be an order of insects, the Symphypleona were ranked as a suborder. They can be ...

, and it is the only family of the superfamily Dicyrtomoidea. It includes more than 200 species in eight genera.

Genera

According to ''Checklist of the Collembola of the World'':Bellinger, Christiansen & Janssens, 1996-2019 : ''Checklist of the Collembola of the World.'
Checklist of the Collembola of the World
* Dicyrtominae Börner, 1906 ** '' Calvatomina'' Yosii, 1966 ** ''

Dicyrtoma ''Dicyrtoma'' is a genus of globular springtails in the family Dicyrtomidae. There are at least 30 described species in ''Dicyrtoma''. Species References springtail genera {{springtail-stub ...

'' Bourlet, 1842 ** '' Dicyrtomina'' Börner, 1903 ** '' Gibberathrix'' Uchida, 1952 ** '' Jordanathrix'' Bretfeld & Arbea, 1999 * Ptenothricinae Richards, 1968 ** '' Bothriovulsus'' Richards, 1968 ** '' Papirioides'' Folsom, 1924 ** '' Ptenothrix'' Börner, 1906

References

* Börner, 1906 : ''Das System der Collembolen nebst Beschreibung neuer Collembolen des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums.'' Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, ,
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. * Gao, Yan; Bu, Yun & Luan, Yun-Xia (2008): Phylogenetic Relationships of Basal Hexapods Reconstructed from Nearly Complete 18S and 28S rRNA Gene Sequences. '' Zool. Sci.'' 25(11): 1139-1145. (HTML abstract)

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q1942152 Collembola Arthropod families