Acropsopilionoidea

Acropsopilionoidea is a superfamily of harvestmen with 1 family and 3 genera, found in North America (USA, Canada, Mexico) and the Southern Hemisphere (Australia, New Zealand, plus Chile, Argentina and Brazil) (as of 2023).^[2][3]

Acropsopilionoidea Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Dyspnoi
Superfamily:	Acropsopilionoidea Roewer, 1923[1]
Families
Acropsopilionidae Simon, 1879
Diversity
1 family, 3 genera

Description

The superfamily Acropsopilionoidea was described by Roewer, 1923,^[1] with the type genus as Acropsopilio Silvestri, 1904 by original monotypy.^[2]

Taxonomy

Main article: List of Dyspnoi species

Acropsopilionoidea contains the following families, per World Catalog of Opiliones.^[2] Of the 3 genera (as of 2023), the scheme below reflects Schönhofer (2013)^[4]

• Acropsopilionidae Roewer, 1923

Likely associated with this Superfamily:

• †Halithersidae Dunlop, Selden & Giribet, 2016
  • † Halitherses Giribet & Dunlop, 2005

• • † Halitherses grimaldii Giribet & Dunlop, 2005^[5] – Fossil: Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber