The Collaborative International Dictionary
Podura
Podura \Po*du"ra\, n.; pl. L. Podur[ae], E. Poduras. [NL.; Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + ? tail.] Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail.
Podura scale (Zo["o]l.), one of the minute scales with which the body of a podura is covered. They are used as test objects for the microscope.
Wikipedia
Podura
"Poduroidea" redirects here. This is also the old name of Poduromorpha, when these were placed in the "Arthropleona"
Poduridae is a small family of stout-bodied springtails containing only the single genus Podura, and making up the monotypic superfamily Poduroidea. The genus contains four species:
- Podura aquatica Linnaeus, 1758
- Podura fuscata Koch & Berendt, 1854
- Podura infernalis Motschulski, 1850
- Podura pulchra Koch & Berendt, 1854