Samooidea

Samooidea
	Podoctidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Laniatores
Infraorder:	Grassatores
Superfamily:	Samooidea; Sørensen, 1886
Families
	See text for list.

Samooidea is a large superfamily in the Grassatores group of harvestmen. It includes around 380 species distributed throughout the tropics.[1] They are characterized by the complex male genitalia, with eversible complementary sclerites.[1]

The Samooidea are closely related to Zalmoxoidea, although the exact relationships are not yet understood.[2]

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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[Kury-1] Adriano B. Kury (2003). "Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. especial monográfico 1: 1–337.

[2] 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.