Acropsopilionoidea

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Opiliones
Acropsopilionoidea
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Dyspnoi
Superfamily: Acropsopilionoidea
Roewer, 1923[1]
Families
Diversity
1 family, 3 genera
adult Acropsopilio neozelandiae (dorsal)
adult Acropsopilio neozelandiae (dorsal)

Acropsopilionoidea is a superfamily of harvestmen with 1 family and 3 genera, found in North America (USA, Canada, Mexico) and the Southern Hemisphere (Australia, New Zealand, plus Chile, Argentina and Brazil) (as of 2023).[2][3]

The superfamily Acropsopilionoidea was described by Roewer, 1923,[1] with the type genus as Acropsopilio Silvestri, 1904 by original monotypy.[2]

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