Phalangodoidea

Phalangodoidea
Bishopella laciniosa (Phalangodidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Laniatores
Infraorder: Grassatores
Superfamily: Phalangodoidea
Families

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The Phalangodoidea are a superfamily of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with three recognized families and 220 species. It is not to be confused with the similarly spelled subfamily Phalangioidea, which is also a harvestman superfamily, but within the suborder Eupnoi.

Families

  • Oncopodidae Thorell, 1876 (about 70 species)
  • Phalangodidae Simon, 1879 (about 100 species)
  • Pyramidopidae Starega (about 50 species)


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