Gonyleptoidea

Gonyleptoidea
	(Gonyleptidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Infraorder:	Grassatores
Superfamily:	Gonyleptoidea; Sundevall, 1833

Gonyleptoidea is the most diverse superfamily of the Grassatores. It includes around 2,500 species distributed in the tropics. They are characterized by the simplified male genitalia, with the glans free subapical in the truncus.

Gonyleptoidea is the only group of harvestmen to show maternal care of offspring.^[1]

Families[]

Agoristenidae Šilhavý, 1973
Cosmetidae Koch, 1839
Cranaidae Roewer, 1913
Kury, 2014
Bragagnolo, Hara & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2015
Gonyleptidae Sundevall, 1833
Manaosbiidae Roewer, 1943
Kury, 1994
Otilioleptidae Acosta, 2019
Stygnidae Simon, 1879

The following families were transferred to superfamily :

Assamiidae Sørensen, 1884
Stygnopsidae Sørensen, 1932

References[]

^ 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.

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[1] 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.

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