Poduridae is a small family of stout-bodied
springtail
Springtails (Collembola) form the largest of the three lineages of modern hexapods that are no longer considered insects (the other two are the Protura and Diplura). Although the three orders are sometimes grouped together in a class called Ento ...
s containing only the single genus ''Podura'', and making up the
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
superfamily
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Poduroidea. The genus contains four species:
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*'' Podura aquatica'' Linnaeus, 1758
*''Podura infernalis'' Motschulski, 1850
*† '']Podura fuscata
''Podura fuscata'' is a species of springtail in the genus '' Podura''.
References
Animals described in 1854
Collembola
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'' Koch & Berendt, 1854
*† ''Podura pulchra
Poduridae is a small family of stout-bodied springtail
Springtails (Collembola) form the largest of the three lineages of modern hexapods that are no longer considered insects (the other two are the Protura and Diplura). Although the three o ...
'' Koch & Berendt, 1854
References
Springtail genera
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