Entomobryoidea
| Entomobryoidea | |
|---|---|
| Three Orchesella (Entomobryidae) drinking birch sap | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subclass: | Collembola |
| Suborder: | Entomobryomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Entomobryoidea Womersley, 1934, sensu Soto-Adames et al., 2008 |
| Families | |
and see text | |
- Entomobryoidea is also the old name of Entomobryomorpha, when these were placed in the "Arthropleona"
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.
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