Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Superfamily Caddoidea

Harvestman - Caddo pepperella Harvestman - Caddo agilis - female Caddo agilis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Opiliones (Harvestmen)
Suborder Eupnoi
Superfamily Caddoidea
Print References
Shear, WA. 1974. The opilionid family Caddidae in North America, with notes on species from other regions (Opiliones, Palpatores, Caddoidea). The Journal of Arachnology, 2(2), 65–88. (online PDF)

Shultz J.W. & Regier, J.C. 2009 Caddo agilis and C. pepperella (Opiliones, Caddidae) diverged phylogenetically before acquiring their disjunct, sympatric distributions in Japan and North America. The Journal of Arachnology, 37, 238–240.