Allacma | |
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Allacma fusca | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subclass: | Collembola |
Order: | Symphypleona |
Family: | Sminthuridae |
Subfamily: | Sminthurinae |
Genus: | Allacma Börner, 1906 |
Allacma is a genus of arthropods belonging to the family Sminthuridae. [1]
The genus was first described by Börner in 1906. [1]
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America. [1]
Selected species: [1]
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