Biology:Acherontides

Short description: Genus of springtails

Acherontides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subclass:	Collembola
Order:	Poduromorpha
Family:	Hypogastruridae
Genus:	Acherontides Bonet, 1945

Acherontides is a genus of springtails in the family Hypogastruridae. There are about 11 described species in Acherontides.

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Acherontides:

• Acherontides atoyacensis Bonet, 1945 ^{i c g}
• Acherontides bullocki Palacios-Vargas & Gòmez-Anaya, 1996 ^{i c g}
• Acherontides eleonorae Palacios-Vargas & Gnaspini-Netto, 1993 ^{i c g}
• Acherontides huetheri Deharveng & Diaz, 1984 ^{i c g}
• Acherontides juxtlahuacaensis Palacios-Vargas & Gòmez-Anaya, 1996 ^{i c g}
• Acherontides leo Palacios-Vargas & Gnaspini-Netto, 1992 ^{i c g}
• Acherontides pappogeomysae Palacios-Vargas & Gòmez-Anaya, 1996 ^{i c g}
• Acherontides peruensis Hüther, 1975 ^{i c g}
• Acherontides potosinus Bonet, 1946 ^{i c g}
• Acherontides spinus (Christiansen & Reddell, 1986) ^{i c g}
• Acherontides tanasachiae (Gruia, 1969) ^{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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