Neanurinae

Neanurinae
Neanurinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Entognatha (disputed)
Subclass: Collembola
Order: Poduromorpha
Superfamily: Neanuroidea
Family: Neanuridae
Subfamily: Neanurinae
Börner, 1901
Tribes

6, see text
Synonyms

Bilobidae Stach, 1951

The subfamily Neanuridae contains pudgy short-legged springtails of the order Poduromorpha. It was established by Carl Börner in 1901[1] – or rather, it is the result of taxa being split out of Börner's family (initially proposed as a subfamily, but this had to be changed when springtails were discovered to be closely related to but not actually insects) whereas the type genus and its closest relatives were retained here.

Like other Neanuridae, they are stout-bodied springtails with vestigial furcula (Collembola), making them essentially unable to jump. Like their relatives, they lack anal thorns and have primitive ocelli.

Systematics

There are six tribes of Neanurinae currently recognized. Some notable genera are also listed here:

  • Neanurini
    • Deutonura
    • Edoughnura Deharveng, Kroua & Bedons, 2007
    • Endonura
    • Protanura
  • Morulodini
  • Lobellini
  • Paleonurini
    • Bilobella
  • Paranurini
  • Sensillanurini

In addition, there are several genera incertae sedis, which cannot be assigned robustly to a tribe:

  • Echinanura
  • Graniloba
  • Pseudadbiloba
  • Pseudobiloba
  • Zealandmeria

References

  1. ^ Carl Börner (1901). "Zur Kenntnis der Apterygoten-Fauna von Bremen und der Nachbardistrikte. Beitrag zu einer Apterygoten-Fauna Mitteleuropas [On the apterygote fauna of Bremen and neighbouring areas. Contributions to an apterygote fauna of Central Europe]" (in German) (PDF). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen 17 (1): 1–141. http://www.archive.org/download/abhandlungenhera17natu/abhandlungenhera17natu.pdf. 

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