Entomobryoidea

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

Entomobryoidea
Three Orchesella (Entomobryidae) drinking birch sap
Scientific classification Edit this 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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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.

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