Entomobryidae, sometimes called "slender springtails", is a family of

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s characterised by having an enlarged fourth abdominal segment and a well-developed

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. Species in this family may be heavily scaled and can be very colourful. The scale-less Entomobryidae are commonly caught in

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s around the planet, and also occur in canopy faunas high up in trees (notably ''

Entomobrya nivalis ''Entomobrya nivalis'', the cosmopolitan springtail, is a species of slender springtails in the family Entomobryidae. Description The cosmopolitan springtail measures about 2 mm in length. Its color consists of a yellow or white backgrou ...

'', very common throughout Europe if not the Northern Hemisphere). There are more than 1700 described species in Entomobryidae.

Genera

These 38 genera belong to the family Entomobryidae: * '' Acanthurella'' Börner, 1906^g * '' Acrocyrtus'' Yosii, 1959^g * '' Amazhomidia''^g * '' Americabrya'' Mari Mutt & Palacios-vargas, 1987^b * '' Aphysa'' Handschin, 1925^g * '' Ascocyrtus'' Yosii, 1963^g * '' Australotomurus'' Stach, 1947^g * '' Bessoniella'' Deharveng & Thibaud, 1989^g * ''

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''^b * '' Coecobrya'' Yosii, 1956^{c g b} * '' Corynothrix'' Tullberg, 1876^{i c g} * '' Dicranocentrus'' Schött, 1893^g * '' Drepanura'' Schoett, 1891^{c g b} * '' Entomobrya'' Rondani, 1861^{i c g b} * '' Entomobryoides'' Maynard, 1951^{g b} * '' Epimetrura'' Schött, 1925^g * '' Haloentomobrya'' Stach, 1963^g * '' Hawinella'' Bellinger & Christiansen, 1974^{i c g} * '' Heteromurus'' Wankel, 1860^{i c g b} * '' Homidia'' Börner, 1906^{g b} * '' Janetschekbrya'' Yosii, 1971^{i c g} * '' Lepidobrya''^{c g} * '' Lepidocyrtoides'' Schött, 1917^g * '' Lepidocyrtus'' Bourlet, 1839^{i c g b} * '' Lepidosira''^{c g} * '' Mesentotoma''^b * '' Orchesella'' Templeton, 1758^{i c g b} * '' Orchesellides'' Bonet, 1930^{i c g} * '' Permobrya'' Riek, 1976^g * '' Pseudosinella'' Schaeffer, 1897^{i c g b} * '' Rhynchocyrtus'' de Mendoça & Fernandes, 2007^g * ''

Seira Seira may refer to: * Seira, Estonia, a village in Estonia, Swapnil Padhi * Seira, Aragon, a municipality in Aragon, Spain * ''Seira'' (springtail), a genus of slender springtails * SEIRA, surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy, see L ...

'' Lubbock, 1869^{i c g b} * '' Sinella'' Brook, 1882^{i c g b} * '' Sinelloides'' Bonet, 1942^g * '' Sinhomidia'' Zhang, 2009^g * '' Tyrannoseira'' Bellini & Zeppelini, 2011^g * '' Verhoeffiella'' Absolon, 1900^{i g} * '' Willowsia'' Shoebotham, 1917^{i c g b} Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

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