Ischyropsalidoidea


Ischyropsalidoidea is a superfamily of harvestmen with 9 genera, found in Europe and North America.

Description

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

Taxonomy

Ischyropsalidoidea contains the following families, per World Catalog of Opiliones. Of the 9 genera, 1 of those is extinct and remains of uncertain phylogenetic affinity within the Superfamily. The scheme below reflects Schönhofer plus subsequent amendments such as by Shear & Warfel.
Plus †Piankhi Shear, 1986 as "Ischyropsalididae incertae sedis"