Family

Hypogastruridae

Accepted Stable

Börner, 1906

4 species pages

About this group

Hypogastruridae have ordinary biting mouthparts and no mouthcone. Peer-reviewed 1 Unchecked

Hypogastruridae have a finely grainy skin, with the grain coarser on the back than on the sides. Peer-reviewed 1 Unchecked

What is true of the whole group

Feature	In this group	Status
Mouth shape	Blunt mouth. The mouth is blunt and the head is rounded in front.	Known
Surface texture	Finely grainy. The skin looks fine-grained, like very fine sandpaper, with no knobs.	Known

Inside this group

Ceratophysella Genus 1 species page
- Ceratophysella isabellae Species
Xenylla Genus 2 species pages
- Xenylla grisea Species
- Xenylla humicola Species

Species pages

Hypogastruridae sp. 'Purple Dust' Hypogastruridae Short page Known on this site only as the hobby culture Purple Dust. No source read for this site describes the animal.

Names and records

Rank: Family
Placed here by: Bellinger and others
Author and year: The Checklist of the Collembola of the World lists Hypogastruridae Börner, 1906. Checked Oct 22, 2026.

External records

Sources

1

The Collembola of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Part I: Poduromorpha

Fjellberg A. 1998. Brill

Verified against a registry · Specialist monograph

Cited at Hypogastruridae.