Samoidae
Encyclopedia
Samoidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores
with about fifty described species.
, 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.
Grassatores
Grassatores is the most diverse infraorder of the Laniatores. It includes over 3,500 species distributed mainly in the World Tropics...
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 PolynesiaPolynesia
Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language, culture and beliefs...
, Melanesia
Melanesia
Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania extending from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji. The region comprises most of the islands immediately north and northeast of Australia...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, the West Indies and Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , 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...
are all remarkably similar, while the species from Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
, Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....
and Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
do at least in part not belong to this family.
Species
- Akdalima Silhavy, 1977
- Akdalima jamaicana V. Silhavy, 1979 — JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
- Akdalima vomeroi Silhavy, 1977 — MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
- Arganotus Silhavy, 1977
- Arganotus macrochelis (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1953) — Mexico
- Arganotus robustus V. Silhavy, 1979 — 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...
- Arganotus strinatii V. Silhavy, 1979 — GuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
- Badessa Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886
- Badessa ampycoides Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886 — FijiFijiFiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
- Badessania Roewer, 1949
- Badessania metatarsalis Roewer, 1949 — New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
- Benoitinus M. Rambla, 1983
- Benoitinus elegans M. Rambla, 1983 — SeychellesSeychellesSeychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....
- Cornigera M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
- Cornigera 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...
- Feretrius Simon, 1879
- Feretrius quadrioculatus (L. Koch, 1865) — SamoaSamoaSamoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
- Fijicolana Roewer, 1963
- Fijicolana tuberculata Roewer, 1963 — MelanesiaMelanesiaMelanesia is a subregion of Oceania extending from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji. The region comprises most of the islands immediately north and northeast of Australia...
- Hovanoceros Lawrence, 1959
- Hovanoceros bison Lawrence, 1959
- Hummelinckiolus V. Silhavy, 1979
- Hummelinckiolus parvus V. Silhavy, 1979 — Leeward IslandsLeeward IslandsThe Leeward Islands are a group of islands in the West Indies. They are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain. As a group they start east of Puerto Rico and reach southward to Dominica. They are situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean...
(GuadeloupeGuadeloupeGuadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...
, MontserratMontserratMontserrat is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. This island measures approximately long and wide, giving of coastline...
, St. Kitts, NevisNevisNevis is an island in the Caribbean Sea, located near the northern end of the Lesser Antilles archipelago, about 350 km east-southeast of Puerto Rico and 80 km west of Antigua. The 93 km² island is part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies...
) - † Hummelinckiolus silhavyi Cokendolpher & Poinar, 1998 — fossil: Dominican amberDominican amberDominican amber is amber from the Dominican Republic. Resin from the extinct species Hymenaea protera is the source of Dominican amber and probably of most amber found in the tropics....
- Kalominua Sørensen, 1932 — Venezuela
- Kalominua alta (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Kalominua bicolor Sørensen, 1932
- Kalominua bromeliaca (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Kalominua inermichela (H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981)
- Kalominua leonensis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Kalominua manueli (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Kalominua minuta (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Kalominua tiarensis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Malgaceros Lawrence, 1959
- Malgaceros boviceps Lawrence, 1959
- Maracaynatum Roewer, 1949
- Maracaynatum cubanum V. Silhavy, 1979 — 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...
- Maracaynatum linaresi (H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981) — Venezuela
- Maracaynatum mariaeteresae M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
- Maracaynatum orchidearum Roewer, 1949 — Venezuela
- Maracaynatum stridulans V. Silhavy, 1979 — Cuba
- Maracaynatum trinidadense V. Silhavy, 1979 — 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...
- Microconomma Roewer, 1915
- Microconomma armatipes Roewer, 1915 — CameroonCameroonCameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
- Mitraceras Loman, 1902 — Seychelles
- Mitraceras crassipalpum Loman, 1902
- Mitraceras pulchra M. Rambla, 1983
- Neocynortina Goodnight & Goodnight, 1983
- Neocynortina dixoni Goodnight & Goodnight, 1983 — Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
- Orsa V. Silhavy, 1979
- Orsa daphne V. Silhavy, 1979 — Haiti
- Parasamoa Goodnight & Goodnight, 1957
- Parasamoa gressitti Goodnight & Goodnight, 1957
- Pellobunus Banks, 1905
- Pellobunus camburalesi M. Rambla, 1978 — Venezuela
- Pellobunus haitiensis (V. Silhavy, 1979) — Haiti
- Pellobunus insularis Banks, 1905 — Costa Rica, PanamaPanamaPanama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
- Pellobunus insulcatus (Roewer, 1954) — El SalvadorEl SalvadorEl Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
- Pellobunus longipalpus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 — Trinidad
- Pellobunus mexicanus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1971 — Mexico
- † Pellobunus proavus J. C. Cokendolpher, 1987 — fossil: Dominican amber
- Pellobunus trispinatus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 — Trinidad
- Reventula V. Silhavy, 1979
- Reventula amabilis V. Silhavy, 1979 — Jamaica
- Samoa Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886
- Samoa variabilis Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886 — SamoaSamoaSamoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
- Samoa obscura Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886 — Samoa
- Samoa sechellana M. Rambla, 1983 — Seychelles
- Sawaiellus Roewer, 1949
- Sawaiellus berlandi Roewer, 1949 — Samoa
- Tetebius Roewer, 1949
- Tetebius latibunus Roewer, 1949 — TeteTete-External links:* *...
, MozambiqueMozambiqueMozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
- Vlachiolus V. Silhavy, 1979
- Vlachiolus vojtechi V. Silhavy, 1979 — Cuba
- Waigeucola Roewer, 1949
- Waigeucola palpalis Roewer, 1949 — IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...