Gonyleptoidea
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 Metagonyleptes calcar Roewer, 1913, from Brazil.
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Gonyleptoidea (Sundevall, 1833) is the most diverse superfamily of the Grassatores. It includes around 2,500 species distributed in the World Tropics. They are characterized by the simplified male genitalia, with the glans free subapical in the truncus.
[edit] Families included
- Agoristenidae Šilhavý, 1973
- Cosmetidae Koch, 1839
- Cranaidae Roewer, 1913
- Gonyleptidae Sundevall, 1833
- Manaosbiidae Roewer, 1943
- Stygnidae Simon, 1879
The following families were transferred to superfamily Assamioidea:
- Assamiidae Sørensen, 1884
- Stygnopsidae Sørensen, 1932
