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Grassatores

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Laniatores

Rank
  
Infraorder

Class
  
Arachnida

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Harvestmen

Grassatores

Similar
  
Harvestmen, Gonyleptoidea, Laniatores, Stygnommatidae, Zalmoxidae

The Grassatores are the most diverse infraorder of the Laniatores. It includes over 3,500 species distributed mainly in the tropics They are characterized by the male genitalia without musculature, operated by hydraulic pressure and by the double tarsal claws of posterior legs.

Superfamilies

  • Assamioidea Sørensen, 1886
  • Phalangodoidea Simon, 1879
  • Samooidea Sørensen, 1886
  • Zalmoxoidea Sørensen, 1886
  • Gonyleptoidea Sundevall, 1833
  • References

    Grassatores Wikipedia