Samoidae

Samoidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about fifty described species.

Description

The body length of members of this family ranges from about two to almost six millimeters. They are dull light brown to yellow or green yellow with darker mottling, and sometimes dark brown.

Distribution

Samoidae from Polynesia, Melanesia, Australia, Mexico, the West Indies and Venezuela are all remarkably similar, while the species from Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles and Indonesia do at least in part not belong to this family.

Relationships

The relationship with other families in the Samooidea is not yet understood.

Name

The name of the type genus is derived from the type locality Samoa.

Species

• Akdalima <small>Silhavy, 1977</small>

* Akdalima jamaicana <small>V. Silhavy, 1979</small> — Jamaica

* Akdalima vomeroi <small>Silhavy, 1977</small> — Mexico

• Arganotus <small>Silhavy, 1977</small>

* Arganotus macrochelis <small>(Goodnight & Goodnight, 1953)</small> — Mexico

* Arganotus robustus <small>V. Silhavy, 1979</small> — Haiti

* Arganotus strinatii <small>V. Silhavy, 1979</small> — Guatemala

• Badessa <small>Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886</small>

* Badessa ampycoides <small>Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886</small> — Fiji

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

* Badessania metatarsalis <small>Roewer, 1949</small> — New South Wales

• Benoitinus <small>M. Rambla, 1983</small>

* Benoitinus elegans <small>M. Rambla, 1983</small> — Seychelles

• Cornigera <small>M. A. González-Sponga, 1987</small>

* Cornigera flava <small>M. A. González-Sponga, 1987</small> — Venezuela

• Feretrius <small>Simon, 1879</small>

* Feretrius quadrioculatus <small>(L. Koch, 1865)</small> — Samoa

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

* Fijicolana tuberculata <small>Roewer, 1963</small> — Melanesia

• Hovanoceros <small>Lawrence, 1959</small>

* Hovanoceros bison <small>Lawrence, 1959</small>

• Hummelinckiolus <small>V. Silhavy, 1979</small>

* Hummelinckiolus parvus <small>V. Silhavy, 1979</small> — Leeward Islands (Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis)

* † Hummelinckiolus silhavyi <small>Cokendolpher & Poinar, 1998</small> — fossil: Dominican amber

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

* Kalominua alta <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

* Kalominua bicolor <small>Sørensen, 1932</small>

* Kalominua bromeliaca <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

* Kalominua inermichela <small>(H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981)</small>

* Kalominua leonensis <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

* Kalominua manueli <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

* Kalominua minuta <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

* Kalominua tiarensis <small>(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)</small>

• Malgaceros <small>Lawrence, 1959</small>

* Malgaceros boviceps <small>Lawrence, 1959</small>

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

* Maracaynatum cubanum <small>V. Silhavy, 1979</small> — Cuba

* Maracaynatum linaresi <small>(H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981)</small> — Venezuela

* Maracaynatum mariaeteresae <small>M. A. González-Sponga, 1987</small> — Venezuela

* Maracaynatum orchidearum <small>Roewer, 1949</small> — Venezuela

* Maracaynatum stridulans <small>V. Silhavy, 1979</small> — Cuba

* Maracaynatum trinidadense <small>V. Silhavy, 1979</small> — Trinidad

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

* Microconomma armatipes <small>Roewer, 1915</small> — Cameroon

• Mitraceras <small>Loman, 1902</small> — Seychelles

* Mitraceras crassipalpum <small>Loman, 1902</small>

* Mitraceras pulchra <small>M. Rambla, 1983</small>

• Neocynortina <small>Goodnight & Goodnight, 1983</small>

* Neocynortina dixoni <small>Goodnight & Goodnight, 1983</small> — Costa Rica

• Orsa <small>V. Silhavy, 1979</small>

* Orsa daphne <small>V. Silhavy, 1979</small> — Haiti

• Parasamoa <small>Goodnight & Goodnight, 1957</small>

* Parasamoa gressitti <small>Goodnight & Goodnight, 1957</small>

• Pellobunus <small>Banks, 1905</small>

* Pellobunus camburalesi <small>M. Rambla, 1978</small> — Venezuela

* Pellobunus haitiensis <small>(V. Silhavy, 1979)</small> — Haiti

* Pellobunus insularis <small>Banks, 1905</small> — Costa Rica, Panama

* Pellobunus insulcatus <small>(Roewer, 1954)</small> — El Salvador

* Pellobunus longipalpus <small>Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947</small> — Trinidad

* Pellobunus mexicanus <small>Goodnight & Goodnight, 1971</small> — Mexico

* † Pellobunus proavus <small>J. C. Cokendolpher, 1987</small> — fossil: Dominican amber

* Pellobunus trispinatus <small>Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947</small> — Trinidad

• Reventula <small>V. Silhavy, 1979</small>

* Reventula amabilis <small>V. Silhavy, 1979</small> — Jamaica

• Samoa <small>Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886</small>

* Samoa variabilis <small>Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886</small> — Samoa

* Samoa obscura <small>Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886</small> — Samoa

* Samoa sechellana <small>M. Rambla, 1983</small> — Seychelles

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

* Sawaiellus berlandi <small>Roewer, 1949</small> — Samoa

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

* Tetebius latibunus <small>Roewer, 1949</small> — Tete, Mozambique

• Vlachiolus <small>V. Silhavy, 1979</small>

* Vlachiolus vojtechi <small>V. Silhavy, 1979</small> — Cuba

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

* Waigeucola palpalis <small>Roewer, 1949</small> — Indonesia

Note: for Tetebius see Biantidae: Biantinae, after Kury, & Pérez-González, 2015, contra Staręga, 1992.

Footnotes

References

• 's Biology Catalog: Samoidae
• (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press