Gonyleptoidea

Gonyleptoidea is the most diverse superfamily of the Grassatores. It includes around 2,500 species distributed in the tropics. They are characterized by the simplified male genitalia, with the glans free subapical in the truncus. Gonyleptoidea is the only group of harvestmen to show maternal care of offspring. The following families were transferred to superfamily Assamioidea: