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Subclass of arachnids

Dromopoda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990 
Orders

Dromopoda is a proposed subclass of the arachnids, including the Opiliones (harvestmen), Scorpions, Pseudoscorpions and Solifugae ("camel spiders"). The latter three are sometimes grouped as Novogenuata. Combined morphological and molecular analyses have shown Dromopoda to be monophyletic. However, a strictly molecular analysis did not support the monophyly of Dromopoda.

Phalangium opilio

References

  1. Jeffrey W. Shultz (1990). "Evolutionary morphology and phylogeny of Arachnida". Cladistics. 6 (1): 1–38. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.1990.tb00523.x.
  2. Gonzalo Giribet; Gregory D. Edgecombe; Ward C. Wheeler; Courtney Babbitt (2002). "Phylogeny and systematic position of Opiliones: a combined analysis of chelicerate relationships using morphological and molecular data" (PDF). Cladistics. 18 (1): 5–70. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2002.tb00140.x. PMID 14552352.
Arachnida orders
Extant
Incertae sedis
Dromopoda
Stomothecata
Haplocnemata
Tetrapulmonata
Pedipalpi
Thelyphonida s.l.
Acaromorpha
Acari
(ticks, mites)
Acariformes
Parasitiformes
  • Classification is based on Shultz (2007)
  • Items in green are possibly paraphyletic groups
Extinct
Taxon identifiers
Dromopoda


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