SAMOOIDEA

'Samooidea' Sørensen, 1886 is the second most diverse superfamily of the Grassatores. It includes around 380 species distributed in the World Tropics (Kury, 2003). They are characterized by the complex male genitalia, with eversible complementary sclerites.

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Families included

Reference

Families included

★ Biantidae Thorell, 1889

★ Escadabiidae Kury & Pérez, 2003

★ Kimulidae Pérez, Kury & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2007

★ Podoctidae Roewer, 1912

★ Samoidae Sørensen, 1886

★ Stygnommatidae Roewer, 1923

Reference

★ (2003). Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). ''Revista Ibérica de Aracnología'', vol. especial monográfico '1': 1-337.