Phalangioidea

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Phalangioidea Higher classification Eupnoi Order Harvestmen		Suborder Eupnoi Phylum Arthropoda Rank Superfamily

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

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