and see text The Entomobryoidea are a superfamily of springtails (Collembola), tiny hexapods related to insects.

They typically possess long legs and antennae, as well as a well-developed furcula.

The Entomobryoidea in the old sense – now Entomobryomorpha – were united with the Poduroidea (now Poduromorpha) in a group called "Arthropleona", but this has more recently turned out to be paraphyletic.

Actually the Entomobryomorpha, the Poduromorpha, and the third springtail lineage – the Symphypleona – are equally distinct from each other.

[1] Following a 2008 review of the Entomobryomorpha,[2] the Cyphoderidae are demoted to a subfamily of the Paronellidae.