Troguloidea
Family of harvestmen/daddy longlegs
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Troguloidea is a superfamily of harvestmen with 4 genera (2 extinct), found mostly in Europe, Asia, and North America (as of 2023).[1][2]
| Troguloidea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Dyspnoi |
| Superfamily: | Troguloidea Sundevall, 1833 |
| Families | |
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| Diversity | |
| 4 families, several genera | |
Description
Taxonomy
Troguloidea contains the following families, per World Catalog of Opiliones.[1] Of the 6 genera (as of 2023), 2 of those are extinct. The scheme below largely reflects Schönhofer (2013).[3]
- Dicranolasmatidae Simon, 1879
- Nemastomatidae Simon, 1872
- Nipponopsalididae Martens, 1976
- Trogulidae Sundevall, 1833
- †Eotrogulidae Petrunkevitch, 1955
- †Nemastomoididae Petrunkevitch, 1955
