Family Entomobryidae Schaffer 1896 (springtail)
Collembola - Entomobryomorpha - Entomobryidae
Synonyms: Catastylidae von Olfers 1907, Palpigeridae von Olfers 1907
Parent taxon: Entomobryoidea according to A. Sánchez-García and M. S. Engel 2016
See also Park and Downing 2001, Soto-Adames et al. 2008 and von Olfers 1907
Sister taxa: Cyphoderidae, Oncobryidae, Paronellidae, Praentomobryidae
Subtaxa: Acrocyrtus Dicranocentrus Entomobryinae Lepidocyrtinae Orchesellinae Permobrya Seirinae Willowsia
Type: Entomobrya
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (1 collection), the Dominican Republic (1), Mexico (14), New Zealand (1), United States (3: California)
• Eocene of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4)
• Permian of South Africa (1)
Total: 26 collections including 73 occurrences