3-477: Dicyrtomoidea Katiannoidea Sminthuroidea Sminthurididoidea Sturmioidea Neopleona The order Symphypleona , also known as the globular springtails, is one of the three main groups of springtails (Collembola), tiny hexapods related to insects . When the springtails were still believed to be an order of insects, the Symphypleona were ranked as a suborder . They can be best distinguished from
6-432: 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. The Symphypleona order
9-475: Was previously suggested to also contain family Neelidae , as a very apomorphic relative in the Sminthuridae superfamily. Phylogenetic studies however suggest Neelidae to be the only family of Neelipleona order. The following is a list of the families within Symphypleona, grouped by superfamily. It includes extinct families known only from fossil remains. Dicyrtomoidea See text Dicyrtomidae
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