The Phalangodoidea are a superfamily of the

harvestman The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs (see below). , over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, although the total n ...

infraorder

Grassatores The Grassatores Kury, 2002 are the most diverse infraorder of the Laniatores. It includes over 3,700 species distributed mainly in the tropicsKury, A.B.(2003). Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). '' Revi ...

with three recognized families and 220 species. It is not to be confused with the similarly spelled subfamily

Phalangioidea Phalangioidea is a superfamily of the harvestman suborder Eupnoi with five recognized families and more than 1,500 species. It is not to be confused with the similar spelled subfamily Phalangodoidea, which is also a harvestman superfamily, but ...

, which is also a harvestman superfamily, but within the suborder

Eupnoi The Eupnoi are a suborder of harvestmen, with more than 200 genera, and about 1,700 described species. They consist of two superfamilies, the Phalangioidea with many long-legged species common to northern temperate regions, and the small group ...

Families

Oncopodidae Sandokanidae is a family of harvestmen in the suborder Laniatores, formerly referred to as Oncopodidae (the name was replaced because of the secondary homonymy of the type genus ''Oncopus'', replaced by ''Sandokan''; this made the change of fami ...

Thorell, 1876 (about 70 species) *

Phalangodidae The Phalangodidae are a family of harvestman, harvestmen with about 30 genus, genera and more than 100 described species, distributed in the Holarctic region. It is not to be confused with the harvestman family Phalangiidae, which is in the su ...

Simon, 1879 (about 100 species) * Pyramidopidae Starega (about 50 species) Harvestmen Arthropod superfamilies {{Opiliones-stub