Acropsopilionoidea
Family of harvestmen/daddy longlegs
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Dyspnoi |
| Superfamily: | Acropsopilionoidea Roewer, 1923[1] |
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| Diversity | |
| 1 family, 3 genera | |
Description
Taxonomy
Acropsopilionoidea contains the following families, per World Catalog of Opiliones.[2] Of the 3 genera (as of 2023), the scheme below reflects Schönhofer (2013)[4]
- Acropsopilionidae Roewer, 1923
Likely associated with this Superfamily:
- †Halithersidae Dunlop, Selden & Giribet, 2016
- † Halitherses Giribet & Dunlop, 2005
- † Halitherses grimaldii Giribet & Dunlop, 2005[5] – Fossil: Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber
