Acropsopilionoidea Explained

Acropsopilionoidea is a superfamily of harvestmen with 1 family and 3 genera, found in North America (USA, Canada, Mexico) and the Southern Hemisphere (Australia, New Zealand, plus Chile, Argentina and Brazil) (as of 2023).^{[1] [2]}

Description

The superfamily Acropsopilionoidea was described by Roewer, 1923,^[3] with the type genus as Acropsopilio Silvestri, 1904 by original monotypy.^[1]

Taxonomy

See main article: List of Dyspnoi species.

Acropsopilionoidea contains the following families, per World Catalog of Opiliones.^[1] Of the 3 genera (as of 2023), the scheme below reflects Schönhofer (2013)^[4]

• Acropsopilionidae Roewer, 1923

Likely associated with this Superfamily:

• †Halithersidae Dunlop, Selden & Giribet, 2016
  • † Halitherses Giribet & Dunlop, 2005

• • † Halitherses grimaldii Giribet & Dunlop, 2005^[5] Fossil: Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber

Notes and References

1. Web site: Acropsopilionoidea. 16 Dec 2023. Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones.
2. Web site: Acropsopilionoidea. iNaturalist. 2023-12-16. en.
3. Book: Roewer, C.F.. 1923. Die Weberknechte der Erde. Systematische Bearbeitung der bisher bekannten Opiliones. Gustav Fischer. Jena, Germany. 1116. de.
4. Schönhofer. A.L.. 2013. A taxonomic catalogue of the Dyspnoi Hansen and Sørensen, 1904 (Arachnida: Opiliones). Zootaxa. 3679. 1. 1–68. 10.11646/zootaxa.3679.1.1. 26146693. free.
5. Giribet. G.. Dunlop. J.A.. 2005. First identifiable Mesozoic harvestman (Opiliones: Dyspnoi) from Cretaceous Burmese amber.. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 272. 1007–1013.. 10.1098/rspb.2005.3063. 0080-4649. en. 1599874.