Phalangioidea

Superfamily of harvestmen/daddy longlegs

Phalangioidea
Male Phalangium opilio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Eupnoi
Superfamily: Phalangioidea
Families

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Phalangioidea is a superfamily of the harvestman suborder Eupnoi with five recognized families and more than 1,500 species.

It is not to be confused with the similar spelled subfamily Phalangodoidea, which is also a harvestman superfamily, but within the suborder Laniatores.

Families

  • Globipedidae (6 genera, 34 species)
  • Neopilionidae (19 genera, 78 species)
  • Phalangiidae (49 genera, 381 species)
  • Protolophidae (1 genus Protolophus) Banks, 1893
  • Sclerosomatidae (148 genera, 1273 species)
Taxon identifiers
Phalangioidea


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