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Ptenothrix
Ptenothrix is a genus of globular springtails in the family Dicyrtomidae. There are about 92 described species in Ptenothrix worldwide. The genus is defined by a cluster of traits, most pertaining to chaetotaxy. These traits are as follows: large abdomen without a protuberance, with a full set of bothriotricha and posteriorly covered with small acanthoid chaetae, head and abdomen with at least some large acanthoid chaetae, hind tibiotarsus with 2–3 modified serrated chaetae, claws usually with no tunica, outer and inner chaetae on the dens often serrated, and no neosminthuroid chaetae.
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Ptenothrix maculosa
speciesPtenothrix maculosa
Ptenothrix beta
speciesPtenothrix beta
Ptenothrix delongi
speciesPtenothrix delongi
Ptenothrix marmorata
speciesPtenothrix marmorata
Ptenothrix renateae
speciesPtenothrix renateae
Ptenothrix californica
speciesPtenothrix californica
Ptenothrix alveola
speciesPtenothrix alveola
Ptenothrix atra
speciesPtenothrix atra
Ptenothrix unicolor
speciesPtenothrix unicolor
Ptenothrix macomba
speciesPtenothrix macomba
Ptenothrix leucostrigata
speciesPtenothrix leucostrigata
Ptenothrix monochroma
speciesPtenothrix monochroma
Ptenothrix taiwanensis
speciesPtenothrix taiwanensis
Ptenothrix denticulata
speciesPtenothrix denticulata
Ptenothrix curvilineata
speciesPtenothrix curvilineata
Ptenothrix blidana
speciesPtenothrix blidana
Ptenothrix corynophora
speciesPtenothrix corynophora
Ptenothrix vittata
speciesPtenothrix vittata
Ptenothrix quadrangularis
speciesPtenothrix quadrangularis
Ptenothrix brasiliensis
speciesPtenothrix brasiliensis
Ptenothrix dalii
speciesPtenothrix dalii
Ptenothrix ciliata
speciesPtenothrix ciliata
Ptenothrix palmata
speciesPtenothrix palmata
Ptenothrix australis
speciesPtenothrix australis
Ptenothrix castanea
speciesPtenothrix castanea
Ptenothrix argentina
speciesPtenothrix argentina
Ptenothrix matusensis
speciesPtenothrix matusensis
Ptenothrix matsuensis
speciesPtenothrix matsuensis
Ptenothrix janthina
speciesPtenothrix janthina
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 171650.