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The Grassatores Kury, 2002 are the most diverse infraorder of the Laniatores. It includes over 3,700 species distributed mainly in the tropics They are characterized by the male genitalia without musculature, operated by hydraulic pressure and by the double tarsal claws of posterior legs.

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The Grassatores Kury, 2002 are the most diverse infraorder of the Laniatores. It includes over 3,700 species distributed mainly in the tropics They are characterized by the male genitalia without musculature, operated by hydraulic pressure and by the double tarsal claws of posterior legs.

==Superfamilies== Assamioidea Sørensen, 1886 Epedanoidea Sørensen, 1886 Gonyleptoidea Sundevall, 1833 Phalangodoidea Simon, 1879 Samooidea Sørensen, 1886 Sandokanoidea Özdikmen & Kury, 2007 Zalmoxoidea Sørensen, 1886

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