Ischyropsalidoidea
Family of harvestmen/daddy longlegs
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Ischyropsalidoidea is a superfamily of harvestmen with 9 genera (1 extinct), found in Europe and North America (as of 2023).[1][2]
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| Ischyropsalidoidea Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Acuclavella shoshone | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Dyspnoi |
| Superfamily: | Ischyropsalidoidea Simon, 1879 |
| Families | |
Also see †Piankhi Shear, 1986 | |
| Diversity | |
| 3 families, 9 genera | |
Description
The superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea was described by Eugene Simon,[3] with the type genus as Ischyropsalis C.L. Koch, 1839 by original implicit etymological designation.[1]
Taxonomy
Ischyropsalidoidea contains the following families, per World Catalog of Opiliones.[1] Of the 9 genera (as of 2023), 1 of those is extinct and remains of uncertain phylogenetic affinity within the Superfamily. The scheme below reflects Schönhofer (2013)[4] plus subsequent amendments such as by Shear & Warfel (2016).[5]
- Ischyropsalididae Simon, 1879
- Sabaconidae Dresco, 1970
- Taracidae Schönhofer, 2013
Plus †Piankhi Shear, 1986 as "Ischyropsalididae incertae sedis"
