Kimulidae

Kimulidae is a small neotropical family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about thirty described species.

Description

These brown harvestmen dwell in soil and litter.

Distribution

Whereas most species occur in Venezuela, Colombia and the West Indies, the isolated species Tegipiolus pachypus (which was formerly in Zalmoxidae) is found in northeastern Brazil. This species also differs from the others morphologically. Another Brazilian species, Microminua soerenseni Rio de Janeiro, does not belong to this family.

Relationships

Kimulidae are probably closely related to Escadabiidae.

Name

This family was originally called Minuidae, but as the name of the type genus proved invalid, the family name needed a replacement.

Species

• Acanthominua <small>Sørensen, 1932</small>

* Acanthominua tricarinata <small>Sørensen, 1932</small> — Venezuela

• Euminua <small>Sørensen, 1932</small>

* Euminua brevitarsa <small>Sørensen, 1932</small> — Venezuela

• Euminuoides <small>Mello-Leitão, 1935</small>

* Euminuoides longitarsa <small>(Sørensen, 1932)</small> — Venezuela

• Fudeci <small>M. A. González-Sponga, 1997</small>

* Fudeci curvifemur <small>González-Sponga, 1997</small> — Venezuela

• Jimeneziella <small>Avram, 1970</small> — Cuba

* Jimeneziella decui <small>Avram, 1970</small>

* Jimeneziella negreai <small>Avram, 1970</small>

• Kimula <small>Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942</small>

* Kimula banksi <small>Silhavy, 1969</small> — Cuba

* Kimula cokendopheri <small>Pérez-González & Armas, 2000</small> — Dominican Republic

* Kimula elongata <small>Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942</small> — Puerto Rico

* Kimula goodnightiorum <small>Silhavy, 1969</small> — Cuba

* Kimula levii <small>Silhavy, 1969</small> — Cuba

* Kimula tuberculata <small>Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943</small> — Cuba

* Kimula turquinensis <small>Silhavy, 1969</small> — Cuba

* Kimula botosaneanui <small>S. Avram, 1973</small> — Cuba

• Microminua <small>Sørensen, 1932</small>

* Microminua parvula <small>Sørensen, 1932</small> — Venezuela

* Microminua soerenseni <small>H. E. M. Soares & B. A. Soares, 1954</small> — Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) (not Kimulidae, probably Gonyleptidae, Tricommatinae)

• Minua <small>Sørensen, 1932</small> — Venezuela

* Minua barloventensis <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

* Minua choroniensis <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

* Minua crassa <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

* Minua denticulata <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

* Minua dimorpha <small>Sørensen, 1932</small>

* Minua elias <small>Sørensen, 1932</small>

* Minua guatopensis <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

* Minua montis <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

* Minua nebulae <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

* Minua parva <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

* Minua pinturelensis <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

* Minua punctiacuta <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

* Minua scabra <small>Sørensen, 1932</small>

* Minua venefica <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

• Pseudominua <small>Mello-Leitão, 1933</small>

* Pseudominua convolvulus <small>(Sørensen, 1932)</small> — Venezuela

* Pseudominua peruviana <small>Roewer, 1963</small> — Peru

• Tegipiolus <small>Roewer, 1949</small>

* Tegipiolus pachypus <small>Roewer, 1949</small> — Brazil

Footnotes

References

• 's Biology Catalog: Minuidae
• , 2003. Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, vol. especial monográfico 1: 1-337.
• (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press