Entomobryinae Schaffer 1896
Creators: name: Jordana, Rafael
name: Greenslade, Penelope
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Entomobryidae

description: Key to Australian Entomobryinae genera
Genera underlined indicate that there are no described species in Australia but the genus has been recorded in publication.
1 Scales or chaetal-like scales present....................................................................... 7
- Scales absent......................................................................................... 2
2. Mucro with one tooth.................................................................................. 3
- Mucro with two teeth.................................................................................. 5
3. 8 + 8 Ocelli present.................................................................................... 4
- Ocelli reduced, only 1 + 1 present................................................................ Coecobrya
4. Clavate tenent hairs or unguis greatly expanded distally, numerous macrochaetae on body..................... Isotobrya
- Clavate tenent hairs normally developed, no expanded tip to unguis, few macrochaetae on body............... Drepanura
5. Ocelli reduced or absent, fewer than 6 + 6.............................................................. Sinella
- Ocelli present, usually 8 + 8 or 6 + 6...................................................................... 6
6. No spines on dens............................................................................ Entomobrya
- Spines on dens................................................................................. Homidia
7. Scales sparse, long, thin, very narrow..................................................................... 8
- Scales normally fairly abundant, broad, pointed or rounded................................................... 10
8. Mucro with one tooth......................................................................... Drepanosira
- Mucro with two teeth.................................................................................. 9
9. Abdomen VI greatly extended, several times longer than abdomen V in adult females....................... Epimetrura
- Abdomen VI not greatly elongated, shorter than abdomen V.................................................. 21
10. Scales hyaline, pale, striations hardly visible, macrochaetae on dorsum sparse.................................... 11
- Scales not hyaline, darker, striations and ribs clearly visible, macrochaetae on dorsum abundant...................... 16
11. Ocelli fewer than 8 + 8 or absent, wing like teeth present on unguis............................................. 15
- Ocelli 8 + 8 although two may be reduced, no wing like teeth present on unguis................................... 12
12. Ocelli G and H clearly reduced, spinule present on mucro.............................................. Setogaster
- Ocelli G and H not reduced, spinule not present on mucro.................................................... 13
13. Spines on dens.............................................................................. Acanthurella
- No spines on dens.................................................................................... 14
14. Scales absent from antennae, legs and posterior region of manubrium.................................... Lanocyrtus
- Scales present on antennae, legs and posterior region of manubrium.................................... Lepidocyrtus
15. Single tooth on mucro........................................................................ Sinelloides *
- Two teeth on mucro......................................................................... Pseudosinella
16. Spines on dens............................................................................. Acanthocyrtus
- No spines on the dens................................................................................. 17
17. Mucro with one tooth................................................................................. 18
- Mucro with two teeth................................................................................. 19
18. Antenna IV and III simple, mucro without spine.......................................................... Seira
- Antenna IV and III annulated................................................................. Lepidocyrtinus
19. Scales broad, ribbed, sharply pointed............................................................... Willowsia
- Scales broad but not pointed, mainly rounded.............................................................. 20
20. Large specimens, usually more than 2 mm long, long antennae, thorax II longer than III and often projecting over posterior border of head, anterior surface of manubrium with 4 + 4 blunt chaetae.............................. Lepidocyrtoides
description: Published as part of Jordana, Rafael & Greenslade, Penelope, 2020, Biogeographical and ecological insights from Australasian faunas: the megadiverse collembolan genus, Entomobrya (Entomobryidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 4770 (1) on page 5, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4770.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3797958