Samooidea is a large superfamily in the Grassatores group of

harvestmen 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 ...

. It includes around 380 species distributed throughout the tropics. They are characterized by the complex male genitalia, with eversible complementary

sclerite A sclerite ( Greek , ', meaning " hard") is a hardened body part. In various branches of biology the term is applied to various structures, but not as a rule to vertebrate anatomical features such as bones and teeth. Instead it refers most commonl ...

s. The Samooidea are closely related to Zalmoxoidea, although the exact relationships are not yet understood.

Families included

Biantidae Biantidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about 130 described species. (2007): Biantidae Thorell, 1889. In: Pinto-da-Rocha ''et al.'' 2007: 176ff Description Biantidae are between 1.5 and 5.5 millimeters long, with legs ...

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

Stygnommatidae Stygnommatidae is a small neotropical family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about thirty described species. (2007): Stygnommatidae. Roewer, 1923. In: Pinto-da-Rocha ''et al.'' 2007: 229ff Description Stygnommatidae range from thre ...

Roewer, 1923

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q678959 Harvestmen Arachnid superfamilies