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| Pellobunus insularis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Infraorder: | Grassatores |
| Superfamily: | Samooidea Sørensen, 1886 |
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Samooidea is a large superfamily in the Grassatores group of harvestmen. It includes around 380 species distributed throughout the tropics. They are characterized by the complex male genitalia, with eversible complementary sclerites.
The Samooidea are closely related to Zalmoxoidea, although the exact relationships are not yet understood.
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
- ^ Adriano B. Kury (2003). "Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. especial monográfico 1: 1–337.
- Abel Pérez Gonzales & Adriano B. Kury (2007). "Taxonomy". In Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha, Glauco Machado & Gonzalo Giribet (ed.). Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press. pp. 88–246. ISBN 978-0-674-02343-7.
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| Samooidea | |