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 Biantes sp. - Singapore - from flickr. Copyright © [wj] [1] | |
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Samooidea Sørensen, 1886 is a large superfamily in the Grassatores infraorder 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].[add ref sharma]
Included families[]
Biantidae Thorell, 1889
Samoidae Sørensen, 1886
Stygnommatidae Roewer, 1923
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Adriano B. Kury (2003). "Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. vol. especial monográfico 1: 1–337.
- ↑ Abel Pérez-Gonzalez & Adriano B. Kury (2007). "Taxonomy". In Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha, Glauco Machado & Gonzalo Giribet. Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press. pp. 88–246. ISBN 0-674-02343-9.