Acropsopilionoidea is a superfamily of harvestmen with 1 family and 3 genera, found in North America (USA, Canada, Mexico) and the Southern Hemisphere (Australia, New Zealand, plus Chile, Argentina and Brazil) (as of 2023).[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Dyspnoi |
| Superfamily: | Acropsopilionoidea Roewer, 1923[1] |
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Description
editThe superfamily Acropsopilionoidea was described by Roewer, 1923,[1] with the type genus as Acropsopilio Silvestri, 1904 by original monotypy.[2]
Taxonomy
editAcropsopilionoidea contains the following families, per World Catalog of Opiliones.[2] Of the 3 genera (as of 2023), the scheme below reflects Schönhofer (2013)[4]
- Acropsopilionidae Roewer, 1923
Likely associated with this Superfamily:
- †Halithersidae Dunlop, Selden & Giribet, 2016
- † Halitherses Giribet & Dunlop, 2005
- † Halitherses grimaldii Giribet & Dunlop, 2005[5] – Fossil: Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber
References
edit- ^ a b Roewer, C.F. (1923). Die Weberknechte der Erde. Systematische Bearbeitung der bisher bekannten Opiliones (in German). Jena, Germany: Gustav Fischer. p. 1116.
- ^ a b c "Acropsopilionoidea". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 16 Dec 2023.
- ^ "Acropsopilionoidea". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- ^ Schönhofer, A.L. (2013). "A taxonomic catalogue of the Dyspnoi Hansen and Sørensen, 1904 (Arachnida: Opiliones)". Zootaxa. 3679 (1): 1–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3679.1.1. PMID 26146693.
- ^ Giribet, G.; Dunlop, J.A. (2005). "First identifiable Mesozoic harvestman (Opiliones: Dyspnoi) from Cretaceous Burmese amber". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 272: 1007–1013. doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3063. ISSN 0080-4649. PMC 1599874.
External links
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