Nemastomatidae

Nemastomatidae Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Nemastoma bimaculatum from Belgium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Dyspnoi
Superfamily:	Nemastomatoidea
Family:	Nemastomatidae Simon, 1872
Subfamilies
Ortholasmatinae Shear & Gruber, 1983 Nemastomatinae Simon, 1872
Diversity
c. 170 species

The Nemastomatidae are a family of harvestmen with about 170 described species in 16 recent genera. Several fossil species and genera are known.

Unlike some related currently recognized families, the Nemastomatidae are monophyletic.^[1]