Ischyropsalidoidea is a superfamily of harvestmen with 9 genera (1 extinct), found in Europe and North America (as of 2023).[1][2]

Ischyropsalidoidea
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Acuclavella shoshone
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Dyspnoi
Superfamily: Ischyropsalidoidea
Simon, 1879
Families

Also see †Piankhi Shear, 1986

Diversity
3 families, 9 genera

Description

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The superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea was described by Eugene Simon,[3] with the type genus as Ischyropsalis C.L. Koch, 1839 by original implicit etymological designation.[1]

Taxonomy

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Ischyropsalidoidea contains the following families, per World Catalog of Opiliones.[1] 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)[4] plus subsequent amendments such as by Shear & Warfel (2016).[5]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ischyropsalidoidea". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  2. ^ "Ischyropsalidoidea". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1879). Les Arachnides de France. Tome 7. Contenant les ordres des Chernetes, Scorpiones et Opiliones. Vol. 7. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. 1–332, pl. 17–24.
  4. ^ Schönhofer, A.L. (2013). "A taxonomic catalogue of the Dyspnoi Hansen and Sørensen, 1904 (Arachnida: Opiliones)". Zootaxa. 3679 (1): 1–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3679.1.1. ISSN 1175-5326. PMID 26146693.
  5. ^ Shear, W.A.; Warfel, J.G. (2016). "The harvestman genus Taracus Simon 1879, and the new genus Oskoron (Opiliones: Ischyropsalidoidea: Taracidae)". Zootaxa. 4180 (1): 1–71. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4180.1.1. ISSN 1175-5326. PMID 27811667.
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