Dicyrtomidae

Dicyrtomina minuta caught in (Sarracenia)

Dicyrtomidae is a family of Collembola in the order Symphypleona, and it is the only family of the superfamily Dicyrtomoidea. It includes more than 200 species in eight genera.

Genera

According to Checklist of the Collembola of the World:^[1]

• Dicyrtominae Börner, 1906
  • Calvatomina Yosii, 1966
  • Dicyrtoma Bourlet, 1842
  • Dicyrtomina Börner, 1903
  • Gibberathrix Uchida, 1952
  • Jordanathrix Bretfeld & Arbea, 1999
• Ptenothricinae Richards, 1968
  • Bothriovulsus Richards, 1968
  • Papirioides Folsom, 1924
  • Ptenothrix Börner, 1906

References

• Börner, 1906 : Das System der Collembolen nebst Beschreibung neuer Collembolen des Hamburger Naturhistorischen Museums. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, vol. 23, p. 147-188 (texte intégral).
• Gao, Yan; Bu, Yun & Luan, Yun-Xia (2008): Phylogenetic Relationships of Basal Hexapods Reconstructed from Nearly Complete 18S and 28S rRNA Gene Sequences. Zool. Sci. 25(11): 1139-1145. doi:10.2108/zsj.25.1139 PMID 19267625 (HTML abstract)