Biology:Mitchellania

Short description: Genus of springtails

Mitchellania
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subclass:	Collembola
Order:	Poduromorpha
Family:	Hypogastruridae
Genus:	Mitchellania Wray, 1953

Mitchellania is a genus of springtails in the family Hypogastruridae. There are about 15 described species in Mitchellania.

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Mitchellania:

• Mitchellania alani (Babenko in Babenko, Chernova, Potapov & Stebaeva, 1994) ^{i c g}
• Mitchellania californica (Bacon, 1914) ^{i c g}
• Mitchellania franzi (Butschek & Gisin, 1949) ^{i c g}
• Mitchellania gibbomucronata Hammer, 1953 ^{i c g}
• Mitchellania hermosa Wray, 1953 ^{i c g}
• Mitchellania hiawatha (Yosii, 1962) ^{i c g}
• Mitchellania horrida (Yosii, 1960) ^{i c g}
• Mitchellania hystrix (Handschin, 1924) ^{i c g}
• Mitchellania krafti (Scott, 1962) ^{i c g}
• Mitchellania loricata (Yosii, 1960) ^{i c g}
• Mitchellania pilosa (Yosii, 1956) ^{i c g}
• Mitchellania subhorrida (Babenko in Babenko, Chernova, Potapov & Stebaeva, 1994) ^{i c g}
• Mitchellania virga (Christiansen & Bellinger, 1980) ^{i c g}
• Mitchellania vulgaris (Yosii, 1960) ^{i c g}
• Mitchellania wallmoi Fjellberg, 1985 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Bitzer, Royce J.; Buckelew, Lamar D.; Pedigo, Larry P. (2002). "Effects of transgenic herbicide-resistant soybean varieties and systems on surface-active springtails (Entognatha: Collembola)". Environmental Entomology (Oxford University Press) 31 (3): 449–461. doi:10.1603/0046-225X-31.3.449. 
• Brusca, Richard C.; Moore, Wendy; Shuster, Stephen M. (2016). Invertebrates (3rd ed.). Sinauer Associates, Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1605353753. 
• Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. ISBN 978-1402062421. 

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