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Phalangodoidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Suborder
  
Laniatores

Rank
  
Superfamily

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Opiliones

Infraorder
  
Grassatores

Phalangodoidea

Similar
  
Stygnommatidae, Biantidae, Ceratolasmatidae, Gonyleptoidea, Escadabiidae

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 infraorder Eupnoi.

Families

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

    Phalangodoidea Wikipedia