Biology:Acherontiella

Short description: Genus of springtails

Acherontiella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subclass:	Collembola
Order:	Poduromorpha
Family:	Hypogastruridae
Genus:	Acherontiella Absolon, 1913

Acherontiella is a genus of springtails in the family Hypogastruridae. There are at least 20 described species in Acherontiella.

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Acherontiella:

• Acherontiella aokii Tamura & Yue, 1999 ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella bougisi Cassagnau & Delamare Deboutteville, 1955 ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella candida (Delamare Deboutteville, 1952) ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella carusoi Dallai, 1978 ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella cassagnaui Thibaud, 1967 ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella cavernicola (Tarsia in Curia, 1941) ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella colotlipana Palacios-Vargas & Thibaud, 1985 ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella dentata Djanaschvili, 1971 ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella epigea Bonet, 1945 ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella globulata Thibaud & Massoud, 1980 ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella kowalskiorum Weiner & Najt, 1998 ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella mac (Palacios-Vargas & Thibaud, 1985) ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella massoudi Thibaud, 1963 ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella onychiuriformis Absolon, 1913 ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella prominentia Thibaud & Weiner in Najt, & Matile, 1997 ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella sabina Bonet, 1945 ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella thai Thibaud, 1990 ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella thibaudi Barra, 1994 ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella variabilis Delamare Deboutteville, 1948 ^{i c g}
• Acherontiella xenylliformis Gisin, 1952 ^{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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