Symphypleona
| Symphypleona | |
|---|---|
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| Allacma fusca from forest near Cologne, Germany | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subclass: | Collembola |
| Order: | Symphypleona |
| Superfamilies | |
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Dicyrtomoidea Katiannoidea Sminthuroidea Sminthurididoidea Sturmioidea | |
| Synonyms | |
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Neopleona | |
The
suborder
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They can be best distinguished from the other springtail groups by their body shape. The Symphypleona are very round animals, almost
spherical, and usually have long antennae. The Poduromorpha, by contrast, always have short legs and a plump body, but more oval in shape than the Symphypleona. The Entomobryomorpha
are the slimmest springtails, some with long and some with short legs and antennae, but always with a very slender body.
Systematics
The Symphypleona order was previously suggested to also contain family Neelidae, as a very apomorphic relative in the Sminthuridae superfamily.[citation needed] Phylogenetic studies however suggest Neelidae to be the only family of Neelipleona order.[1][2][3][4]
Families
The following is a list of the families within Symphypleona, grouped by superfamily. It includes extinct families known only from fossil remains.
- Superfamily Sminthuridoidea
- Family Mackenziellidae
- Superfamily Katiannoidea
- Family Katiannidae
- Family Spinothecidae
- Family Arrhopalitidae
- Family Collophoridae
- Superfamily Sturmioidea
- Family Sturmiidae
- Family
- Superfamily Sminthuroidea
- Family Sminthuridae
- Family Bourletiellidae
- Superfamily Dicyrtomoidea
- Family Dicyrtomidae
References
External links
Media related to Symphypleona at Wikimedia Commons
