Calx
K. Christiansen, 1958
Species Guides
1Calx is a of springtails (Collembola) in the Entomobryidae, first described by Kenneth Christiansen in 1958. The genus belongs to the Entomobryinae and tribe Entomobryini. Members of this genus are small, wingless hexapods with the characteristic (springing organ) that defines the order. The genus has been recorded across multiple biogeographic regions including North America, the Caribbean, the Andes, and India.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Calx: /kælks/
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Distribution
Andean region; Antilles and southern Florida; Caribbean mainland; India; northern North America
Misconceptions
The name 'Calx' is also used in chemistry and metallurgy to refer to a substance formed by heating an ore or mineral, particularly metal oxides such as calcium oxide. This chemical usage is entirely unrelated to the and reflects independent etymology from Latin 'calx' (chalk, limestone). The chemical term appears in older texts on artists' techniques and in obsolete phlogiston theory.