Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Arachnida - (Order) Opiliones

Current position

Palpatores ([unranked]) Thorell, 1876

Ref: R. Fernández et al., 2017: fig. 3.

Alternative positions

Opiliones (Order) Sundevall, 1833	Ref: A.B. Kury, 2018: 7.
Phalangida ([unranked]) Bristowe, 1949	Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al., 2020: 44.

Historical positions

Phalangida ([unranked]) Bristowe, 1949	Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al., 2020: 44.
Opiliones (Order) Sundevall, 1833	Ref: A.B. Kury, 2018: 7, 12.
Palpatores ([unranked]) Thorell, 1876	Ref: R. Fernández et al., 2017: fig. 3.
Palpatores ([unranked]) Thorell, 1876	Ref: P.P. Sharma & G. Giribet, 2014: fig. 1.
Opiliones (Order) Sundevall, 1833	Ref: A.B. Kury, 2013: 29.
Opiliones (Order) Sundevall, 1833	Ref: A.B. Kury, 2011: 112.
Opiliones (Order) Sundevall, 1833	Ref: A.B. Kury, 2006: Dec 2006.
Phalangida ([unranked]) Bristowe, 1949	Ref: J.A. Coddington et al., 2004: 306, fig. 18.4.
Palpatores ([unranked]) Thorell, 1876	Ref: J. Cracraft & M.J. Donoghue, 2004: 306, fig. 18.4. [excluded]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5f;37g;9s; †1f;8g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 24 Jan 2021	[5f; †1f;8g]
2020	J.A. Dunlop et al.: 45	[6f; †8g]
2018	A.B. Kury: 8	[4f; †1f]
2017	R. Fernández et al.: 2	5f
2014	P.P. Sharma & G. Giribet: fig. 1	[5f]
2013	A.B. Kury: 29	2Sf;[4f; †1f]
2011	A.B. Kury: 112	2Sf;[4f; †1f]
2006	A.B. Kury: Dec 2006	[6f];1806s
2006	A.B. Kury: Dec 2006	[6f];1806s
2004	J.A. Coddington et al.: 306	6f