Family Sminthuridae Lubbock 1862 (globular springtail)
Collembola - Symphypleona - Sminthuridae
Parent taxon: Sminthuroidea according to A. Sánchez-García and M. S. Engel 2016
See also Christiansen and Nascimbene 2006, Christiansen and Pike 2002, Park and Downing 2001 and Sánchez-García and Engel 2016
Sister taxon: Bourletiellidae
Subtaxa: Katiannasminthurus Sminthurinae Sphyrothecinae
Type: Smynthurus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (1 collection), the Dominican Republic (2)
• Eocene of Poland (2), the Russian Federation (4)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), Myanmar (1), Spain (2)
Total: 13 collections including 26 occurrences