Sminthuridae (Lubbock, 1862), not to be confounded with: Sminthurididae (Börner, 1906), is a family of springtails of the order Symphypleona.

Members of this family have four-segmented antennae in which the basal segment is short and the rest successively increase in length.

[5][6] Sminthuridae occur in surface litter layers, on vegetation and in tropical forest canopies.

They may be collected using Tullgren funnels or pitfall traps, or by sweeping through grass with a pan.

[7] Additionally, Sminthuridae is one of the springtail families that includes species living in freshwater.