Agoristenidae
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Agoristenidaeare a neotropical harvestman family of the Suborder Laniatores
, in the superfamily Gonyleptoidea
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agora "gathering" and stenos "few", referring to the rarity of the family at the time of its discovery.
to the Greater Antilles
. The other subfamilies have been found from northern South America
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clade, with Agoristeninae and Leiosteninae as sister groups. Agoristeninae is sister group to all Gonyleptoidea except Stygnopsidae
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(after Kury 1997b, 1997c)
Laniatores
Laniatores is the largest suborder of the arachnid order Opiliones with over 4,000 described species worldwide. The majority of the species are highly dependent on humid environments and usually correlated with tropical and temperate forest habitats....
, in the superfamily Gonyleptoidea
Gonyleptoidea
Gonyleptoidea is the most diverse superfamily of the Grassatores. It includes around 2,500 species distributed in the tropics. They are characterized by the simplified male genitalia, with the glans free subapical in the truncus....
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Name
The name of the type genus is a combination of Ancient GreekAncient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
agora "gathering" and stenos "few", referring to the rarity of the family at the time of its discovery.
Description
These harvestmen range in body length from two to about five millimeters. Their coloring ranges from yellowish to dark brown. Some show yellow stripes or white or green patches.Distribution
The subfamily Agoristeninae is endemicEndemic (ecology)
Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...
to the Greater Antilles
Greater Antilles
The Greater Antilles are one of three island groups in the Caribbean. Comprising Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola , and Puerto Rico, the Greater Antilles constitute almost 90% of the land mass of the entire West Indies.-Greater Antilles in context :The islands of the Caribbean Sea, collectively known as...
. The other subfamilies have been found from northern South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
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Relationships
Zamorinae are the basalBasal (phylogenetics)
In phylogenetics, a basal clade is the earliest clade to branch in a larger clade; it appears at the base of a cladogram.A basal group forms an outgroup to the rest of the clade, such as in the following example:...
clade, with Agoristeninae and Leiosteninae as sister groups. Agoristeninae is sister group to all Gonyleptoidea except Stygnopsidae
Stygnopsidae
The Stygnopsidae are a small family of harvestmen, with almost all species found in Mexico.-Name:The name of the type genus Stygnopsis is combined from the genus Stygnus and Ancient Greek opsis, "looks like".-Description:...
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(after Kury 1997b, 1997c)
Agoristeninae
Agoristeninae Silhavy, 1973- Agoristenus Silhavy, 1973
- Agoristenus cubanus Silhavy, 1973 — CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
- Agoristenus haitensis Silhavy, 1973 — HaitiHaitiHaiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
- Agoristenus cubanus Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba
- Ahotta Silhavy, 1973
- Ahotta hispaniolica Silhavy, 1973 — HispaniolaHispaniolaHispaniola is a major island in the Caribbean, containing the two sovereign states of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The island is located between the islands of Cuba to the west and Puerto Rico to the east, within the hurricane belt...
- Ahotta hispaniolica Silhavy, 1973 — Hispaniola
- Calmotrinus Silhavy, 1973
- Calmotrinus turquinensis Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba
- Dumitrescuella Avram, 1977
- Dumitrescuella ornata Avram, 1977 — Cuba
- Haitimera Silhavy, 1973
- Haitimera paeninsularis Silhavy, 1973 — Hispaniola
- Lichirtes Silhavy, 1973
- Lichirtes hexapodoides Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba
- Meriosfera Silhavy, 1973
- Meriosfera gertschi Silhavy, 1973 — Hispaniola
- Meriosfera lineata Silhavy, 1973 — Hispaniola
- Orghidaniella Avram, 1977
- Orghidaniella granpiedrae Avram, 1977 — Cuba
- Piratrinus Silhavy, 1973
- Piratrinus calcaratus Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba
- Torreana Avram, 1977
- Torreana poeyi Avram, 1977 — Cuba
- Torreana spinata Avram, 1977 — Cuba
- Vampyrostenus Silhavy, 1976
- Vampyrostenus kratochvili Silhavy, 1976 — Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
- Vampyrostenus kratochvili Silhavy, 1976 — Puerto Rico
- Yunquenus Silhavy, 1973
- Yunquenus portoricanus Silhavy, 1973 — Puerto Rico
Leiosteninae
Leiosteninae Silhavy, 1973- Andrescava Roewer, 1957
- Andrescava sturmi Roewer, 1963 — ColombiaColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
- Andrescava weyrauchi Roewer, 1957 — PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
- Andrescava sturmi Roewer, 1963 — Colombia
- Barinas M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
- Barinas flava M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
- Barinas flava M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
- Barlovento M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
- Barlovento albapatella M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
- Barlovento littorei M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
- Barlovento marmorata (M. A. González-Sponga, 1981)
- Barlovento salmeronensis M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
- Leptostygnus Mello-Leitão, 1940
- Leptostygnus leptochirus Mello-Leitão, 1940 — Colombia
- Leptostygnus marchantiarum (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
- Ocoita M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
- Ocoita mina M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
- Ocoita servae M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
- Ocoita tapipensis M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
- Paravima Caporiacco, 1951
- Paravima flumencaurimarensis M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
- Paravima goodnightiorum Caporiacco, 1951 — Venezuela
- Paravima locumida M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
- Paravima morritomacairensis M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
- Paravima propespelunca M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
- SabanillaSabanillaSabanilla is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 21,156. It covers an area of 171.4 km².-History:...
Roewer, 1913- Sabanilla ornata Roewer, 1913 — Colombia?, Venezuela
- Trinella Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947
- Trinella albidecorata (Silhavy, 1979) — Venezuela
- Trinella albimaculata (González-Sponga, 1998)
- Trinella albiornata (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947) — TrinidadTrinidadTrinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
- Trinella azulitai (M. Rambla, 1978) — Venezuela
- Trinella bicoloripes (Roewer, 1949) — BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
- Trinella bordoni (Muñoz-Cuevas, 1975)
- Trinella bubonica (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
- Trinella chapmani (M. Rambla, 1978) — Venezuela
- Trinella checkeleyi (M. Rambla, 1978) — Venezuela
- Trinella chiguaraensis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
- Trinella falconensis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
- Trinella flavomaculata (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
- Trinella glabrata (González-Sponga, 1998)
- Trinella granulata (González-Sponga, 1998)
- Trinella intermedia Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 — Trinidad
- Trinella leiobuniformis (Silhavy, 1973) — Trinidad
- Trinella leucobunus (Roewer, 1949) — SurinameSurinameSuriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...
- Trinella matintaperera Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996 — Brazil
- Trinella naranjoi (H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981) — Venezuela
- Trinella nigromaculata (González-Sponga, 1998)
- Trinella octomaculata (Roewer, 1963) — Peru
- Trinella olmosa (Roewer, 1956) — Peru
- Trinella palpogranulosa (M. A. González-Sponga, 1981) — Venezuela
- Trinella plana (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1949) — Venezuela
- Trinella quadrata (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
- Trinella quirozi (M. A. González-Sponga, 1981) — Venezuela
- Trinella scabra (Roewer, 1963) — Colombia
- Trinella severa H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981 — Venezuela
- Trinella soaresorum Rocha, 1996 — Brazil
- Trinella subparamera (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
- Trinella troglobia Rocha, 1996 — Venezuela
- Trinella venezuelica (H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981) — Venezuela
- Vima Hirst, 1912
- Vima insignis Hirst, 1912 —GuyanaGuyanaGuyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
- Vima insignis Hirst, 1912 —Guyana
- Vimina M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
- Vimina virginis M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
Zamorinae
Zamorinae Kury, 1997- Palcabius Roewer, 1956
- Palcabius palpalis Roewer, 1956 — PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
- Palcabius palpalis Roewer, 1956 — Peru
- Ramonus Roewer, 1956
- Ramonus conifrons Roewer, 1956 — Peru
- Zamora Roewer, 1927
- Zamora granulata Roewer, 1927 — EcuadorEcuadorEcuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
- Zamora vulcana Kury, 1997 — Ecuador
- Zamora granulata Roewer, 1927 — Ecuador