Grassatores | |
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Podoctidae | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Opiliones |
Suborder: | Laniatores |
Infraorder: |
Grassatores Kury, 2002 |
Superfamilies | |
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The Grassatores are the most diverse infraorder of the Laniatores. It includes over 3,500 species distributed mainly in the tropics They are characterized by the male genitalia without musculature, operated by hydraulic pressure and by the double tarsal claws of posterior legs.