''Sminthurus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

springtails Springtails (class Collembola) form the largest of the three lineages of modern Hexapoda, hexapods that are no longer considered insects. Although the three lineages are sometimes grouped together in a class called Entognatha because they have in ...

described by

Pierre André Latreille Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoology, zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained hi ...

in 1802.

Species

These 31 species belong to the genus ''Sminthurus'': * '' Sminthurus adirondackus'' Maynard, 1951^{i c g} * '' Sminthurus anomalus'' Betsch, 1965^{i c g} * '' Sminthurus aquaticus'' Bourlet, 1842^g * '' Sminthurus argenteornatus'' Banks, 1899^{i c g} * '' Sminthurus banksi'' Christiansen and Bellinger, 1981^{i c g} * '' Sminthurus bivittatus'' Snider, RJ, 1985^b * '' Sminthurus bourgeoisi'' Nayrolles, 1995^g * '' Sminthurus bozoulensis'' Nayrolles, 1995^g * '' Sminthurus butcheri'' Snider, 1969^{i c g b} * '' Sminthurus carolinensis'' Snider, RJ, 1981^b * '' Sminthurus coeruleus'' Strebel, 1938^g * '' Sminthurus eiseni'' Schott, 1891^{i c g} * '' Sminthurus fischeri'' Snider, RJ, 1982^b * '' Sminthurus fitchi'' Folsom, 1896^{i c g b} * '' Sminthurus floridanus'' MacGillivray, 1893^{i c g} * '' Sminthurus hispanicus'' Nayrolles, 1995^g * '' Sminthurus hortensis'' Fitch, 1863^g * '' Sminthurus incisus'' Snider, 1978^{i c g b} * '' Sminthurus leucomelanus'' Nayrolles, 1995^g * '' Sminthurus maculatus'' Tomosvary, 1883^g * '' Sminthurus medialis'' Mills, 1934^{i c g b} * '' Sminthurus mencenbergae'' Snider, RJ, 1983^b * '' Sminthurus multipunctatus'' Schäffer, 1896^g * '' Sminthurus nigrinus'' Bretfeld, 2000^g * '' Sminthurus nigromaculatus'' Tullberg, 1871^g * '' Sminthurus packardi'' Folsom, 1896^{i c g} * '' Sminthurus purpurescens'' (Macgillivray, 1894)^{i c g} * '' Sminthurus schoetti'' Salmon, 1964^{i c g} * '' Sminthurus sylvestris'' Banks, 1899^{i c g} * ''

Sminthurus viridis ''Sminthurus viridis'' is a member of the Collembola, the springtails, an order in the subphylum Hexapoda. The species is known by common names such as clover springtail, lucerne flea, or lucerne earth flea. Common names such as lucerne flea are ...

'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...

)^{i c g} * '' Sminthurus wahlgreni'' Stach, 1920^g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = BugGuide

References

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