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Sminthuridae (globular springtail)
Taxonomy
Sminthuridae was named by Lubbock (1862). It is extant. Its type is Smynthurus.
It was assigned to Collembola by Park and Downing (2001) and Christiansen and Pike (2002); to Symphypleona by Christiansen and Nascimbene (2006); and to Sminthuroidea by Sánchez-García and Engel (2016) and Sánchez-García and Engel (2016).
It was assigned to Collembola by Park and Downing (2001) and Christiansen and Pike (2002); to Symphypleona by Christiansen and Nascimbene (2006); and to Sminthuroidea by Sánchez-García and Engel (2016) and Sánchez-García and Engel (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1862 | Sminthuridae Lubbock |
| 2001 | Sminthuridae Park and Downing p. 179 |
| 2002 | Sminthuridae Christiansen and Pike p. 179 |
| 2006 | Sminthuridae Christiansen and Nascimbene |
| 2016 | Sminthuridae Sánchez-García and Engel p. 44 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Sminthuridae Lubbock 1862 [globular springtail]
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G. †Katiannasminthurus Sánchez-García and Engel 2016
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†Katiannasminthurus xenopygus Sánchez-García and Engel 2016
Subfm. Sminthurinae Lubbock 1862
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G. Allacma Borner 1906
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†Allacma plumosa Handschin 1926
†Allacma plumosetosa Handschin 1926
†Allacma setosa Handschin 1926
G. †Archeallacma Sánchez-García and Engel 2016
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†Archeallacma dolichopoda Sánchez-García and Engel 2016
G. †Grinnellia Christiansen and Nascimbene 2006
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†Grinnellia ventis Christiansen and Nascimbene 2006
G. †Mucrovirga Christiansen and Nascimbene 2006
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†Mucrovirga incompleta Christiansen and Nascimbene 2006
G. †Sminthurconus Christiansen and Nascimbene 2006
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†Sminthurconus grimaldi Christiansen and Nascimbene 2006
G. †Sminthuricinus Christiansen and Nascimbene 2006
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†Sminthuricinus deceptus Christiansen and Nascimbene 2006
G. Sminthurus Latreille 1802
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†Sminthurus brevicornis Koch and Berendt 1854
†Sminthurus longicornis Koch and Berendt 1854
†Sminthurus ovatulus Koch and Berendt 1854
†Sminthurus succineus Stach 1923
Subfm. Sphyrothecinae Betsch 1980
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G. Sphyrotheca Borner 1906
G. †Sphyrotheciscus Sánchez-García and Engel 2016
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†Sphyrotheciscus senectus Sánchez-García and Engel 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Langhian or 105.30000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 99.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 99.6 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Albian | Spain (Álava) | Archeallacma dolichopoda, Arrhopalites sp., Sminthurus sp. 2 (108769) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Sminthuridae indet., Grinnellia ventis, Sminthuricinus decepta, Mucrovirga incompleta, Sminthurconus grimaldi (111688) | |
| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Brevimucronus anomalus (104932) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Allacma plumosa (127170) Sminthurus sp., Allacma plumosetosa, Allacma plumosa, Allacma setosa, Sminthurus fuscus (123927) Sminthurus succineus, Allacma plumosetosa, Allacma plumosa, Allacma setosa (124073) | |
| Priabonian | Poland | Sminthurus longicornis, Sminthurus brevicornis, Sminthurus ovatulus (109625) Sminthurus succineus (123438) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Sphyrotheca sp. (134944 140492) | |
| Langhian | China (Fujian) | Sphyrotheca sp. (220273) |