Family

Neanuridae

Accepted Stable

Börner, 1901 sensu Yosii, 1956

6 species pages

About this group

Neanuridae have mouthparts drawn into a pointed cone below the head, used for piercing and sucking. Peer-reviewed 1, 2 Unchecked

What is true of the whole group

Feature	In this group	Status
Mouth shape	Pointed cone. The mouthparts form a short, pointed snout below the head.	Known

Inside this group

Caputanurininae Subfamily
Frieseinae Subfamily
Pseudachorutinae Subfamily 0 species pages
- Anurida Genus 0 species pages
  - Anurida maritima Species
Uchidanurinae Subfamily
Morulininae Subfamily
Neanurinae Subfamily 5 species pages
- Lobellini Tribe 3 species pages
  - Lobella Genus 1 species page
    - Lobella sp. 'Thai Red' Species
  - Lobellini sp. 'Pennywise' Species
  - Lobellini sp. 'Thai Ruby' Species
- Rambutanura Genus 1 species page
  - Rambutanura sp. 'Thai Red Spiky' Species
- Yuukianura Genus 1 species page
  - Yuukianura aphoruroides Species
- Neanura Genus 0 species pages
  - Neanura persimilis Species
- Bilobella Genus 0 species pages
  - Bilobella braunerae Species
  - Bilobella aurantiaca Species
- Protanura Genus
- Vitronura Genus 0 species pages
  - Vitronura giselae Species
- Neanura growae Species Classifications conflict

Species pages

Neanuridae sp. 'Santa Claus' Neanuridae Short page Known on this site only as the hobby culture Santa Claus. 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 Neanuridae Börner, 1901 sensu Yosii, 1956. Checked Oct 22, 2026.

External records

Sources

1

Biology of the Springtails (Insecta: Collembola)

Hopkin SP. 1997. Oxford University Press

Verified against a registry · Specialist monograph

Cited at chapter on feeding.
2

The Collembola of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Part I: Poduromorpha

Fjellberg A. 1998. Brill

Verified against a registry · Specialist monograph

Cited at Neanuridae.