Mackenziellidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Collembola |
Order: | Symphypleona |
Family: | Mackenziellidae Yosii, 1961 |
Genera | |
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Mackenziellidae is a family of springtails belonging to the order Symphypleona. [1]
Mackenziellidae includes the following genera: [1]
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.
Sminthuridae, not to be confounded with: Sminthurididae, is a family of springtails of the order Symphypleona. Sminthurids are commonly referred to as globular springtails.