Grassatores
| Grassatores Temporal range:
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| Pellobunus insularis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Laniatores |
| Infraorder: | Grassatores Kury, 2002 |
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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[edit]
- Assamioidea Sørensen, 1886
- Epedanoidea Sørensen, 1886
- Gonyleptoidea Sundevall, 1833
- Phalangodoidea Simon, 1879
- Samooidea Sørensen, 1886
- Sandokanoidea Özdikmen & Kury, 2007
- Zalmoxoidea Sørensen, 1886
References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- 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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