Entomobryoidea

:"Entomobryoidea is also the old name of Entomobryomorpha, when these were placed in the "Arthropleona"Taxobox
name = Entomobryoidea


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image_caption = Three "Orchesella" (Entomobryidae) drinking birch sap
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Entognatha (disputed)
subclassis = Collembola
ordo = Entomobryomorpha
superfamilia = Entomobryoidea
superfamilia_authority = Womersley, 1934, "sensu" Soto-Adames "et al.", 2008
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =
Entomobryidae

Microfalculidae

Paronellidae
and see text

The Entomobryoidea are a superfamily of springtails (Collembola), tiny hexapods related to insects. In the modern sense, this goup is placed in an order called Entomobryomorpha.

This superfamily contains very characteristic species of springtails. They typically possess long legs and antennae, as well as a well-developed furcula.

ystematics

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 springtaill lineage – the Symphypleona – are equally distinct from each other. Their treatment at equal taxonomic rank reflects this. [See references in Haaramo (2008)]

Following a 2008 review of the Entomobryomorpha [Soto-Adames "et al." (2008)] , 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.

SUPERFAMILY ENTOMOBRYOIDEA
* Family Paronellidae - includes Cyphoderidae
* Family Entomobryidae
* Family Microfalculidae
* Family Oncobryidae (fossil)
* Family Praentomobryidae (fossil)

Footnotes

References

* (2008): Mikko's Phylogeny Archive - [http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/protostoma/arthropoda/collembola.html Collembola] . Version of 2008-MAR-11. Retrieved 2008-JUL-11.
* (2008): Suprageneric Classification of Collembola Entomobryomorpha. "Annals of the Entomological Society of America" 101(3): 501–513. DOI:10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101 [501:SCOCE] 2.0.CO;2 [http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1603%2F0013-8746%282008%29101%5B501%3ASCOCE%5D2.0.CO%3B2 HTML abstract]