Samooidea

Taxobox


image_caption = Podoctidae.
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Opiliones
subordo = Laniatores
infraordo = Grassatores
superfamilia = Samooidea
superfamilia_authority = Sørensen, 1886
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision = See text for list.

Samooidea Sørensen, 1886 is the second most diverse superfamily of the Grassatores. It includes around 380 species distributed in the World Tropics (Kury, 2003). They are characterized by the complex male genitalia, with eversible complementary sclerites.

The Samooidea are closely related to Zalmoxoidea, although the exact relationships are not yet understood.aut|Pérez Gonzales, Abel & Kury, Adriano B. (2007): Samoidae Sørensen, 1886. In: Pinto-da-Rocha "et al." 2007: 224ff]

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

* (2003). Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). "Revista Ibérica de Aracnología", vol. especial monográfico 1: 1-337.
* (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. "Harvard University Press" ISBN 0-674-02343-9