Ischyropsalidoidea Explained

Ischyropsalidoidea is a superfamily of harvestmen with 9 genera (1 extinct), found in Europe and North America (as of 2023).

Description

The superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea was described by Eugene Simon, with the type genus as Ischyropsalis C.L. Koch, 1839 by original implicit etymological designation.

Taxonomy

See main article: List of Dyspnoi species.

Ischyropsalidoidea contains the following families, per World Catalog of Opiliones. 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) plus subsequent amendments such as by Shear & Warfel (2016).

Plus †Piankhi Shear, 1986 as "Ischyropsalididae incertae sedis"