Phalangioidea

Phalangioidea
	Male Phalangium opilio
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Eupnoi
Superfamily:	Phalangioidea
Families
	See text

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 within the suborder Laniatores.

Families

Globipedidae (6 genera, 34 species)
Neopilionidae (19 genera, 78 species)
Phalangiidae (49 genera, 381 species)
Protolophidae (1 genus Protolophus) Banks, 1893
Sclerosomatidae (148 genera, 1273 species)

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