Phalangodoidea
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Bishopella laciniosa (Phalangodidae) | |
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Superfamily: | Phalangodoidea
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The Phalangodoidea are a superfamily of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with three recognized families and 220 species. It is not to be confused with the similarly spelled subfamily Phalangioidea, which is also a harvestman superfamily, but within the infraorder Eupnoi.
Families
- Oncopodidae Thorell, 1876 (about 70 species)
- Phalangodidae Simon, 1879 (about 100 species)
- Pyramidopidae Starega (about 50 species)