Manaosbiidae

The Manaosbiidae are a family of neotropical harvestmen within the suborder Laniatores.

Name

The name of the type genus is combined from Manaus and Ancient Greek bios "living".

Description

Body length ranges from about three to ten millimeters. Most species are dark brown with black mottling. Appendages are in general much lighter, often with dark rings.

Distribution

The Manaosbiidae occur south from Panama, with a southern limit in Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil). They inhabit lowland Amazonian rainforest up to submontane Andean forests, dry forests in Central America, and riparian forests in Brazil.

Relationships

The relationship of Manaosbiidae with other families within the Gonyleptoidea is unclear.

Species

Manaosbiinae

• Azulamus <small>Roewer, 1957</small>

* Azulamus scabrissimus <small>Roewer, 1957</small> – Peru

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

* Barrona williamsi <small>Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942</small> – Panama

• Belemnodes <small>Strand, 1942</small>

* Belemnodes scaber <small>(Roewer, 1932)</small>

• Belemulus <small>Roewer, 1932</small>

* Belemulus annulatus <small>Roewer, 1932</small> – Brazil

• Bugabitia <small>Roewer, 1915</small>

* Bugabitia triacantha <small>Roewer, 1915</small> – Panama

• Camelianus <small>Roewer, 1912</small>

* Camelianus fuhrmanni <small>Roewer, 1912</small> – Colombia

• Clavicranaus <small>Roewer, 1915</small>

* Clavicranaus tarsalis <small>Roewer, 1915</small> – Suriname, Brazil

• Cucutacola <small>Mello-Leitão, 1940</small>

* Cucutacola nigra <small>Mello-Leitão, 1940</small> – Colombia

• Dibunostra <small>Roewer, 1943</small>

* Dibunostra ypsilon <small>Roewer, 1943</small> – Venezuela

• Gonogotus <small>Roewer, 1943</small>

* Gonogotus areolatus <small>Roewer, 1943</small> – Colombia

• Manaosbia <small>Roewer, 1943</small>

* Manaosbia scopulata <small>Roewer, 1943</small> – Brazil

• Mazarunius <small>Roewer, 1943</small>

* Mazarunius oedipus <small>Roewer, 1943</small> – Guyana

• Meridia <small>Roewer, 1913</small>

* Meridia palpalis <small>Roewer, 1913</small> – Venezuela

* Meridia gracilis <small>(Roewer, 1913)</small> – Suriname

• Narcellus <small>Kury & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2011</small>

* Narcellus balthazar <small>(Roewer, 1932)</small> – Windward Islands

* Narcellus montgomeryi <small>(Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947)</small> – Trinidad

• Paramicrocranaus <small>H. Soares, 1970</small>

* Paramicrocranaus difficilis <small>H. Soares, 1970</small> – Brazil

• Pentacranaus <small>Roewer, 1963</small>

* Pentacranaus niger <small>Roewer, 1963</small> – Peru

• Poassa <small>Roewer, 1943</small>

* Poassa limbata <small>Roewer, 1943</small> – Costa Rica

• Poecilocranaus <small>Roewer, 1943</small>

* Poecilocranaus gratiosus <small>Roewer, 1943</small> – Venezuela

• Rhopalocranaus <small>Roewer, 1913</small>

* Rhopalocranaus albilineatus <small>Roewer, 1932</small> – Trinidad

* Rhopalocranaus apiculatus <small>Roewer, 1932</small> – Brazil

* Rhopalocranaus aspersus <small>Roewer, 1932</small> – Brazil

* Rhopalocranaus atroluteus <small>Roewer, 1913</small> – Colombia

* Rhopalocranaus bordoni <small>Silhavy, 1979</small> – Venezuela

* Rhopalocranaus crulsi <small>Mello-Leitão, 1932</small>

* Rhopalocranaus festae <small>Roewer, 1925</small> – Ecuador

* Rhopalocranaus gracilis <small>Roewer, 1913</small> – Venezuela

* Rhopalocranaus limbatus <small>(Schenkel, 1953)</small> – Venezuela

* Rhopalocranaus marginatus <small>Roewer, 1913</small> – French Guiana, Brazil

* Rhopalocranaus robustus <small>Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942</small> — Guyana

* Rhopalocranaus tenuis <small>(Roewer, 1943)</small> – Suriname

* Rhopalocranaus tuberculatus <small>Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942</small> – Guyana

* Rhopalocranaus ypsilon <small>Roewer, 1913</small> – Colombia

• Rhopalocranellus <small>Roewer, 1925</small>

* Rhopalocranellus festae <small>Roewer, 1925</small> – Ecuador

• Sanvincentia <small>Roewer, 1943</small>

* Sanvincentia tarsalis <small>Roewer, 1943</small> – Virgin Islands, St. Vincent

• Saramacia <small>Roewer, 1913</small>

* Saramacia alvarengai <small>Kury, 1997</small> – Brazil

* Saramacia annulata <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1931)</small> – Brazil

* Saramacia aurilimbata <small>Roewer, 1913</small> – Suriname

* Saramacia lucasae <small>(R. d. L. S. Jim & H. E. M. Soares, 1991)</small> – Brazil

• Semostrus <small>Roewer, 1943</small>

* Semostrus tarsalis <small>Roewer, 1943</small> – Colombia

• Syncranaus <small>Roewer, 1913</small>

* Syncranaus cribrum <small>Roewer, 1913</small> – Brazil

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

* Tegyra cinnamomea <small>Sørensen, 1932</small> – Peru

• Zygopachylus <small>Chamberlin, 1925</small>

* Zygopachylus albomarginis <small>Chamberlin, 1925</small> – Panama

• unknown genus

* unknown genus calcar <small>(Roewer, 1943)</small> – Venezuela

* unknown genus albituberculatus <small>(Roewer, 1943)</small> – Guyana

* unknown genus strinatii <small>(V. Silhavy, 1979)</small> – Venezuela

Footnotes

References

• Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Manaosbiidae
• (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press