Grassatores

Grassatores; Temporal range: Cretaceous–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Pellobunus insularis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Laniatores
Infraorder:	Grassatores; Kury, 2002
Superfamilies
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The Grassatores Kury, 2002 are the most diverse infraorder of the Laniatores. It includes over 3,700 species distributed mainly in the tropics^[1] They are characterized by the male genitalia without musculature, operated by hydraulic pressure and by the double tarsal claws of posterior legs.

Superfamilies

Assamioidea Sørensen, 1886
Epedanoidea Sørensen, 1886
Gonyleptoidea Sundevall, 1833
Phalangodoidea Simon, 1879
Samooidea Sørensen, 1886
Sandokanoidea Özdikmen & Kury, 2007
Zalmoxoidea Sørensen, 1886

References

^ Kury, A.B.(2003). Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, vol. especial monográfico 1: 1-337.

External links

Classification of Opiliones A synoptic taxonomic arrangement of the order Opiliones, down to family-group level, including some photos of the families

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

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