Gonyleptoidea is the most diverse superfamily of the Grassatores. It includes around 2,500 species distributed in the Neotropics. They are characterized by the simplified male genitalia, with the glans free subapical in the truncus.
| Gonyleptoidea | |
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| Metagonyleptes calcar (Gonyleptidae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Suborder: | Laniatores |
| Infraorder: | Grassatores |
| Superfamily: | Gonyleptoidea Sundevall, 1833 |
Gonyleptoidea is the only group of harvestmen to show maternal care of offspring.[1]
Families
edit- Agoristenidae Šilhavý, 1973
- Ampycidae Kury, 2003
- Askawachidae Kury & Carvalho, 2020
- Cosmetidae Koch, 1839
- Cranaidae Roewer, 1913
- Cryptogeobiiidae Kury, 2014
- Gerdesiidae Bragagnolo, Hara & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2015
- Gonyleptidae Sundevall, 1833
- Manaosbiidae Roewer, 1943
- Metasarcidae Kury, 1994
- Nomoclastidae Roewer, 1943
- Otilioleptidae Acosta, 2019
- Prostygnidae Roewer, 1913
- Stygnidae Simon, 1879
- Stygnopsidae Sørensen, 1932
References
edit- ^ Glauco Machado (2007). "Maternal or paternal egg guarding? Revisiting parental care in triaenonychid harvestmen (Opiliones)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 35 (1): 202–204. doi:10.1636/SH06-14.1. S2CID 1950187.
External links
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