Sminthurididae
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| Sminthurididae | |
|---|---|
| Sminthurides aquaticus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Collembola |
| Order: | Symphypleona |
| Family: | Sminthurididae Börner, 1906 |
Sminthurididae (Börner, 1906), not to be confounded with: Sminthuridae (Lubbock, 1862), is a family of globular springtails in the order Symphypleona. There are about 5 genera and more than 40 described species in Sminthurididae.[1][2][3]

These five genera belong to the family Sminthurididae:
- Boernerides Bretfeld, 1999
- Denisiella Folsom & Mills, 1938
- Sminthurides Boener, 1900
- Sphaeridia Linnaniemi, 1912
- Stenacidia Börner, 1906