Samooidea Explained

Samooidea is a large superfamily in the Grassatores group of harvestmen. It includes around 380 species distributed throughout the tropics.^[1] They are characterized by the complex male genitalia, with eversible complementary sclerites.^[1]

The Samooidea are closely related to Zalmoxoidea, although the exact relationships are not yet understood.^[2]

Families included

• Biantidae Thorell, 1889
• Escadabiidae Kury & Pérez, 2003
• Kimulidae Pérez, Kury & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2007
• Podoctidae Roewer, 1912
• Samoidae Sørensen, 1886
• Stygnommatidae Roewer, 1923

Notes and References

1. Adriano B. Kury . 2003 . Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones) . . especial monográfico 1 . 1–337.
2. Book: Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha, Glauco Machado & Gonzalo Giribet . Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones . . 978-0-674-02343-7 . Abel Pérez Gonzales & Adriano B. Kury . 2007 . Taxonomy . 88–246.