Grassatores

Grassatores; Temporal range: Cretaceous–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Podoctidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Laniatores
Infraorder:	Grassatores; Kury, 2002
Superfamilies
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The Grassatores are the most diverse infraorder of the Laniatores. It includes over 3,500 species distributed mainly in the tropics^[1] They are characterized by the male genitalia without musculature, operated by hydraulic pressure and by the double tarsal claws of posterior legs.

Superfamilies[]

Sørensen, 1886
Phalangodoidea Simon, 1879
Samooidea Sørensen, 1886
Sørensen, 1886
Gonyleptoidea Sundevall, 1833

References[]

^ Kury, A.B.(2003). Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). , vol. especial monográfico 1: 1-337.

External links[]

Classification of Opiliones A synoptic taxonomic arrangement of the order Opiliones, down to family-group level, including some photos of the families

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[1] Kury, A.B.(2003). Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). , vol. especial monográfico 1: 1-337.

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