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; CoL(22 Oct 2024).
Phalangida ([unranked]) Bristowe, 1949	Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al., 2023: 50.

Historical positions

Phalangida ([unranked]) Bristowe, 1949	Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al., 2023: 50.
Phalangida ([unranked]) Bristowe, 1949	Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al., 2020: 45.
Opiliones (Order) Sundevall, 1833	Ref: A.B. Kury, 2018: 7, 10.
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. Cracraft & M.J. Donoghue, 2004: 306, fig. 18.4.
Palpatores ([unranked]) Thorell, 1876	Ref: J.A. Coddington et al., 2004: 306, fig. 18.4. [excluded]

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	8f;45g;8s; †3f;8g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Oct 2024	[8f;45g; †3f;8g]
2023	J.A. Dunlop et al.: 51	[8f; †3f;8g]
2020	J.A. Dunlop et al.: 47	[8f; †3f;7g]
2018	A.B. Kury: 7	[8f; †3f]
2017	R. Fernández et al.: 2	8f
2014	P.P. Sharma & G. Giribet: fig. 1	[8f]
2013	A.B. Kury: 29	2Sf;[7f; †2f];(inc.sed.:; †4g;4s)
2011	A.B. Kury: 112	2Sf;[7f; †2f]
2006	A.B. Kury: Dec 2006	[7f];363s; †[1f]
2006	A.B. Kury: Dec 2006	[7f];363s; †[1f]
2004	J.A. Coddington et al.: 306	7f