Phalangioidea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Opiliones
Subordo: Eupnoi
Superfamilia: Phalangioidea
Familiae (3): Neopilionidae - Phalangiidae - Sclerosomatidae

References

Taylor, C.K. 2011. Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification. Zootaxa 2773: 1–65. Preview Reference page.

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)