Stenaphorura Absolon, 1900

Rusek, Josef, 2010, The enigma of the genus Stenaphorura Absolon, 1900 (Collembola, Tullbergiinae), Zootaxa 2338, pp. 43-53 : 44

Stenaphorura Absolon, 1900

Type species: Stenaphorura japygiformis Absolon, 1900 Syn. nov.: Stenaphorurella Luciáñez & Simón, 1992

Diagnosis. Members of the subfamily Tullbergiinae Bagnall, 1935 . Body slim, 0.8–1.5mm long, without pigmentation. Integument with areas of coarse granulation. Antennal segment IV with five thickened dorsal sensilla a–e. Antennal organ III consists of three thick, long and cylindrical sensory clubs protected partly by two integumental folds and two sensory rods between the lateral clubs. One large and bent sensory club ventrally. Postantennal organ 3–6 times longer than diameter of frontal pseudocellus, with 40–75 simple vesicles lying in 2–3 parallel rows. Number of pseudocelli 11/111/ 1111–21. Abdominal segment VI with two pairs of anal spines on distinct basal papillae. Claw without teeth, empodial appendage absent or very small.