Laniatores

Laniatores Temporal range: Cretaceous–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pellobunus insularis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Laniatores Thorell, 1876
Superfamilies
Travunioidea Triaenonychoidea Assamioidea Epedanoidea Phalangodoidea Samooidea Sandokanoidea Zalmoxoidea Gonyleptoidea

Laniatores is the largest suborder of the arachnid order Opiliones with over 4,200 described species worldwide. The majority of the species are highly dependent on humid environments and usually correlated with tropical and temperate forest habitats.

Laniatores are typically (relatively) short-legged, hard-plated, spiny Opiliones, common under logs and stones, in leaf litter and in caves. They often have spiny pedipalps and paired or branched claws on the third and fourth pairs of legs.^[1] The largest family is Gonyleptidae Sundevall, 1833, endemic of the Neotropics, with over 800 valid species and showing many cases of maternal and paternal care.