Samooidea

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]

Samooidea
Pellobunus insularis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Infraorder:	Grassatores
Superfamily:	Samooidea Sørensen, 1886
Families
See text for list.

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

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.