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Superfamily of springtails From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Entomobryoidea are a superfamily of springtails (Collembola), tiny hexapods related to insects. In the modern sense, this group is placed in an order called Entomobryomorpha.
| Entomobryoidea | |
|---|---|
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| Three Orchesella (Entomobryidae) drinking birch sap | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Collembola |
| Order: | Entomobryomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Entomobryoidea Womersley, 1934, sensu Soto-Adames et al., 2008 |
| Families | |
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This superfamily contains very characteristic species of springtails. They typically possess long legs and antennae, as well as a well-developed furcula.
The Entomobryoidea in the old sense – now Entomobryomorpha – were united with the Poduroidea (now Poduromorpha) in a group called "Arthropleona", but this has more recently turned out to be paraphyletic. Actually the Entomobryomorpha, the Poduromorpha, and the third springtail lineage – the Symphypleona – are equally distinct from each other. Their treatment at equal taxonomic rank reflects this.[1]
Following a 2008 review of the Entomobryomorpha,[2] the Cyphoderidae are demoted to a subfamily of the Paronellidae. Apart from the three living families, there are also two extinct ones known only from fossils.
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