Ischyropsalidoidea Temporal range:
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Acuclavella shoshone | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Opiliones |
Suborder: | Dyspnoi |
Superfamily: | Ischyropsalidoidea Simon, 1879 |
Families | |
Also see †Piankhi Shear, 1986 | |
Diversity | |
3 families, 9 genera |
Ischyropsalidoidea is a superfamily of harvestmen with 9 genera (1 extinct), found in Europe and North America (as of 2023).[1][2]
The superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea was described by Eugene Simon,[3] with the type genus as Ischyropsalis C.L. Koch, 1839 by original implicit etymological designation.[1]
Main article: List of Dyspnoi species |
Ischyropsalidoidea contains the following families, per World Catalog of Opiliones.[1] Of the 9 genera (as of 2023), 1 of those is extinct and remains of uncertain phylogenetic affinity within the Superfamily. The scheme below reflects Schönhofer (2013)[4] plus subsequent amendments such as by Shear & Warfel (2016).[5]
Plus †Piankhi Shear, 1986 as "Ischyropsalididae incertae sedis"