Sminthurini

Lucerne flea Sminthurus viridis, copyright Andy Murray.

Belongs within: Sminthuridae.

The Sminthurini are a group of globular springtails in which clavate hairs on the tibiotarsus are absent or not clustered, the claw generally has a leaf-like pseudonychium, and an empodial appendage is present (Womersley 1939).

<==Sminthurini
|--Temeritas denisi (Womersley 1936)G91, W39 (see below for synonymy)
|--Neosminthurus Mills 1934G91, CB81
| |--N. clavatus (Banks 1897) [incl. Sminthurus curvisetis Guthrie 1903, *N. curvisetis, N. purpureus Scott 1964]CB81
| |--N. bakeri Snider 1978CB81
| `--N. richardsi Snider 1978CB81
|--Sphyrotheca Börner 1906W39
| |--*S. multifasciata (Reuter 1881) [=Sminthurus multifasciatus]CB81
| |--S. confusa Snider 1978CB81
| |--S. minnesotensis (Guthrie 1903)CB81
| |--S. mucroserrata Snider 1978CB81
| `--S. schalleri Delamare & Massoud 1964CB81
`--Sminthurus Latreille 1802CB81 [incl. Eusminthurus Börner 1900W39, MetakatiannaCB81]
| i. s.: S. adamsi Wray 1967 (n. d.)CB81
| S. albus Schäffer 1900S00
| S. brunneus Harvey 1900 (n. d.)CB81
| S. cinctusS00
| S. elegans Womersley 1933W39
| S. globosus [=Podura globosa]L02
| S. guttatus Say 1821 (n. d.)CB81
| *Metakatianna’ krausbaueri Börner 1901CB81
| S. multipunctatus Schäffer 1896SL06
| ‘Pararrhopalites’ neomexicanus Scott 1964 (n. d.)CB81
| S. nigromaculatus Tullberg 1871CB81
| S. regalis Womersley 1939W39
| S. schoetti Salmon 1964 [incl. S. longicornis Schött 1896 non Joseph 1882]CB81
| S. signifer Fitch 1863CB81
| S. virginidari Wray 1948 (n. d.)CB81
| S. yonahlossee Wray 1958 (n. d.)CB81
|--S. (Sminthurus)CB81
| |--*S. (S.) viridis (Linnaeus 1758)CB81 (see below for synonymy)
| |--S. (S.) adirondackus Maynard 1951CB81
| |--S. (S.) argenteornatus Banks 1899 [incl. S. argenteornatus var. albescens Banks 1899]CB81
| |--S. (S.) banksi Christiansen & Bellinger 1981 (see below for synonymy)CB81
| |--S. (S.) butcheri Snider 1969 [incl. S. spinulosus Snider 1969]CB81
| |--S. (S.) eiseni Schött 1891 [incl. S. anomalus Betsch 1965]CB81
| |--S. (S.) fitchi Folsom 1896 [incl. S. obscurus Mills 1934, S. trilineatus Banks 1903]CB81
| |--S. (S.) floridanus MacGillivray 1893CB81
| |--S. (S.) incisus Snider 1978CB81
| |--S. (S.) medialis Mills 1934CB81
| |--S. (S.) packardi Folsom 1896CB81
| `--S. (S.) sylvestris Banks 1899 [incl. S. facialis Banks 1903]CB81
`--S. (Allacma Börner 1906)CB81
|--S. (*A.) fuscus (Linnaeus 1758)CB81 [=Podura fuscaCB81, Allacma fuscaW39]
`--S. (A.) purpurescens (MacGillivray 1894) (see below for synonymy)CB81

Sminthurus (Allacma) purpurescens (MacGillivray 1894) [=Papirius purpurescens; incl. S. fraternus Banks 1899, S. nigripes Banks 1899]CB81

Sminthurus (Sminthurus) banksi Christiansen & Bellinger 1981 [=S. dorsalis Banks 1899 non Smynthurus hortensis var. dorsalis Fitch 1863]CB81

*Sminthurus (Sminthurus) viridis (Linnaeus 1758)CB81 [=Podura viridisCB81, Smynthurus viridisW39; incl. Smithurus viridis var. cinereoviridisS00, Sminthurus viridis var. medicaginisW39]

Temeritas denisi (Womersley 1936)G91, W39 [=Sminthurus denisiW74; incl. S. longicornis Womersley 1932 nec Joseph 1882 nec Schött 1896W39]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[CB81] Christiansen, K., & P. Bellinger. 1981. The Collembola of North America north of the Rio Grande: A taxonomic analysis vol. 4. Families Neelidae and Sminthuridae; glossary; bibliography; index. Grinnell College: Grinnell (Iowa).

[G91] Greenslade, P. J. 1991. Collembola (springtails). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2nd ed. vol. 1 pp. 252–264. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[L02] Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes vol. 3. Familles naturelles des genres. F. Dufart: Paris.

[S00] Schäffer, C. 1900. Ueber württembergische Collembola. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 56: 245–280, pl. 2.

[SL06] Schulz, H.-J., & P. Lymberakis. 2006. First contribution to the knowledge of the Collembola fauna of the White Mountains (Lefká Óri) in west Crete (Insecta, Collembola, Isotomidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 86 (2): 229–234.

[W74] Wallace, M. M. H. 1974. The entognathous hexapods. In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers. Supplement 1974 pp. 31–32.Melbourne University Press.

[W39] Womersley, H. 1939. Primitive Insects of South Australia: Silverfish, springtails, and their allies. South Australian Branch of the British Science Guild: Adelaide.

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