Samooidea

Samooidea

Podoctidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Laniatores
Infraorder:	Grassatores
Superfamily:	Samooidea Sørensen, 1886
Families
See text for list.

Samooidea is a large superfamily in the Grassatores group of harvestmen. It includes around 380 species distributed throughout the tropics.^[1] They are characterized by the complex male genitalia, with eversible complementary sclerites.^[1]

The Samooidea are closely related to Zalmoxoidea, although the exact relationships are not yet understood.^[2]

Families included

Biantidae Thorell, 1889
Escadabiidae Kury & Pérez, 2003
Kimulidae Pérez, Kury & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2007
Podoctidae Roewer, 1912
Samoidae Sørensen, 1886
Stygnommatidae Roewer, 1923

References

^ ^a ^b Adriano B. Kury (2003). "Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Revista Ibérica de Aracnología vol. especial monográfico 1: 1–337.
^ Abel Pérez Gonzales & Adriano B. Kury (2007). "Taxonomy". In Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha, Glauco Machado & Gonzalo Giribet. Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press. pp. 88–246. ISBN 0-674-02343-9.