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Gonyleptoidea
	Metagonyleptes calcar (Gonyleptidae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Laniatores
Infraorder:	Grassatores
Superfamily:	Gonyleptoidea; Sundevall, 1833

Gonyleptoidea is the most diverse superfamily of the Grassatores. It includes around 2,500 species distributed in the Neotropics. They are characterized by the simplified male genitalia, with the glans free subapical in the truncus.

Gonyleptoidea is the only group of harvestmen to show maternal care of offspring.^[1]

Families

Agoristenidae Šilhavý, 1973
Ampycidae Kury, 2003
Askawachidae Kury & Carvalho, 2020
Cosmetidae Koch, 1839
Cranaidae Roewer, 1913
Cryptogeobiiidae Kury, 2014
Gerdesiidae Bragagnolo, Hara & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2015
Gonyleptidae Sundevall, 1833
Manaosbiidae Roewer, 1943
Metasarcidae Kury, 1994
Nomoclastidae Roewer, 1943
Otilioleptidae Acosta, 2019
Prostygnidae Roewer, 1913
Stygnidae Simon, 1879
Stygnopsidae Sørensen, 1932

References

^ Glauco Machado (2007). "Maternal or paternal egg guarding? Revisiting parental care in triaenonychid harvestmen (Opiliones)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 35 (1): 202–204. doi:10.1636/SH06-14.1. S2CID 1950187.

External links

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Data related to Gonyleptoidea at Wikispecies

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[1] Glauco Machado (2007). "Maternal or paternal egg guarding? Revisiting parental care in triaenonychid harvestmen (Opiliones)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 35 (1): 202–204. doi:10.1636/SH06-14.1. S2CID 1950187.

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