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Phalangioidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Phalangioidea

Higher classification
  
Eupnoi

Order
  
Harvestmen

Suborder
  
Eupnoi

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Superfamily

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Lower classifications
  
Phalangiidae, Leiobunum, Phalangium opilio, Gagrella, Prionostemma

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 infraorder Laniatores.

Families

  • Monoscutidae (5 genera, 32 species)
  • Neopilionidae (8 genera, 15 species)
  • Sclerosomatidae (148 genera, 1273 species)
  • Stygophalangiidae (1 species: Stygophalangium karamani Oudemans, 1933) (former Yugoslavia)
  • Phalangiidae (49 genera, 381 species)
  • Protolophidae (1 genus Protolophus) Banks, 1893
  • References

    Phalangioidea Wikipedia