Neanuridae

Neanuridae
Anurida maritima (Pseudachorutinae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Entognatha (disputed)
Subclass: Collembola
Order: Poduromorpha
Superfamily: Neanuroidea
Family: Neanuridae
Börner, 1901
Subfamilies

6, see text

The family Neanuridae contains pudgy short-legged springtails of the order Poduromorpha. It was established by Carl Börner in 1901.[1]

Systematics

There are six subfamilies currently recognized:

The peculiar genus Pseudoxenylla is of uncertain relationships and hence not assigned to a subfamily yet.

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