Phalangioidea
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 male Phalangium opilio
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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.
[edit] 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)
