Samooidea is a large superfamily in the

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 ...

group of

harvestmen The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an Order (biology), order of arachnids, Common name, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs (see below). , over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered w ...

. It includes around 380 species distributed throughout the tropics. They are characterized by the complex male genitalia, with eversible complementary

sclerite A sclerite (Greek language, Greek , ', meaning "hardness, hard") is a hardened body part. In various branches of biology the term is applied to various structures, but not as a rule to vertebrate anatomical features such as bones and teeth. Instea ...

s. The Samooidea are closely related to Zalmoxoidea, although the exact relationships are not yet understood.

Families included

Biantidae Biantidae is a family of the Opiliones, harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about 130 described species. (2007): Biantidae Thorell, 1889. In: Pinto-da-Rocha ''et al.'' 2007: 176ff Description Biantidae are between 1.5 and 5.5 millimeters long ...

Thorell, 1889 * Escadabiidae Kury & Pérez, 2003 *

Kimulidae Kimulidae is a small neotropical family of the Opiliones, harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about thirty described species. (2007): Kimulidae. Kury & Pérez in Kury, 2003. In: Pinto-da-Rocha ''et al.'' 2007: 207ff Description These brown ha ...

Pérez, Kury & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2007 * Podoctidae Roewer, 1912 * Samoidae Sørensen, 1886 *

Stygnommatidae Stygnommatidae is a small neotropical family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about thirty described species. (2007): Stygnommatidae. Roewer, 1923. In: Pinto-da-Rocha ''et al.'' 2007: 229ff Description Stygnommatidae range from thre ...

Roewer, 1923 (also with '' Neoscotolemon'' as

incertae sedis or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q678959 Harvestmen Arachnid superfamilies