The Phalangodoidea are a superfamily of the
harvestman
The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an Order (biology), order of arachnids Common name, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs. , over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, alth ...
infraorder
Grassatores
The Grassatores are the most diverse infraorder of the Laniatores. It includes over 3,500 species distributed mainly in the tropicsKury, A.B.(2003). Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). '' Revista Ibéri ...
with three recognized families and 220 species. It is not to be confused with the similarly spelled subfamily
Phalangioidea
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 w ...
, which is also a harvestman superfamily, but within the suborder
Eupnoi
The Eupnoi are a suborder of harvestmen, with more than 200 genera, and about 1,700 described species.
They consist of two superfamilies, the Phalangioidea with many long-legged species common to northern temperate regions, and the small group ...
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Families
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Oncopodidae Thorell, 1876 (about 70 species)
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Phalangodidae
The Phalangodidae are a family of harvestmen with about 30 genera and more than 100 described species, distributed in the Holarctic region.
It is not to be confused with the harvestman family Phalangiidae, which is in the suborder Eupnoi.
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Simon, 1879 (about 100 species)
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Pyramidopidae Starega (about 50 species)
Harvestmen
Arthropod superfamilies
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