Agoristenidae

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Agoristenidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Opiliones
Suborder:
Laniatores
Infraorder:
Grassatores
Superfamily:
Gonyleptoidea
Family:
Agoristenidae

Šilhavý, 1973
Species

see text

Diversity
25 genera, > 70 species

Agoristenidae are a neotropical harvestman family of the Suborder Laniatores, in the superfamily Gonyleptoidea.

Name[]

The name of the type genus is a combination of Ancient Greek agora "gathering" and stenos "few", referring to the rarity of the family at the time of its discovery.[1]

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.[1]

Distribution[]

The subfamily Agoristeninae is endemic to the Greater Antilles. The other subfamilies have been found from northern South America.

Relationships[]

Zamorinae are the basal clade, with Agoristeninae and Leiosteninae as sister groups. Agoristeninae is sister group to all Gonyleptoidea except Stygnopsidae.[1]

 

Stygnopsidae

 
 
Agoristenidae
 

Zamorinae

 
 
 

Agoristeninae

 
 

Leiosteninae

 
 
 
 

other Gonyleptoidea

 
 

(after Kury 1997b, 1997c)

Species[]

Agoristeninae[]

  • Silhavy, 1973
    • Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba
    • Silhavy, 1973 — Haiti
  • Silhavy, 1973
  • Silhavy, 1973
    • Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba
  • Avram, 1977
    • Avram, 1977 — Cuba
  • Silhavy, 1973
    • Silhavy, 1973 — Hispaniola
  • Silhavy, 1973
    • Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba
  • Silhavy, 1973
    • Silhavy, 1973 — Hispaniola
    • Silhavy, 1973 — Hispaniola
  • Avram, 1977
    • Avram, 1977 — Cuba
  • Silhavy, 1973
    • Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba
  • Avram, 1977
    • Avram, 1977 — Cuba
    • Avram, 1977 — Cuba
  • Silhavy, 1976
  • Silhavy, 1973
    • Silhavy, 1973 — Puerto Rico

Leiosteninae[]

  • Roewer, 1957
  • M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
  • M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
    • M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
    • M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
    • (M. A. González-Sponga, 1981)
    • M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • Mello-Leitão, 1940
    • Mello-Leitão, 1940 — Colombia
    • (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
  • M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
    • M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
    • M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
    • M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • Caporiacco, 1951
    • M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
    • Caporiacco, 1951 — Venezuela
    • M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
    • M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
    • M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • Sabanilla Roewer, 1913
    • Roewer, 1913 — Colombia?, Venezuela
  • Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947
    • (Silhavy, 1979) — Venezuela
    • (González-Sponga, 1998)
    • (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947) — Trinidad
    • (M. Rambla, 1978) — Venezuela
    • (Roewer, 1949) — Brazil
    • (Muñoz-Cuevas, 1975)
    • (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
    • (M. Rambla, 1978) — Venezuela
    • (M. Rambla, 1978) — Venezuela
    • (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
    • (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
    • (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
    • (González-Sponga, 1998)
    • (González-Sponga, 1998)
    • Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 — Trinidad
    • (Silhavy, 1973) — Trinidad
    • (Roewer, 1949) — Suriname
    • Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996 — Brazil
    • (H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981) — Venezuela
    • (González-Sponga, 1998)
    • (Roewer, 1963) — Peru
    • (Roewer, 1956) — Peru
    • (M. A. González-Sponga, 1981) — Venezuela
    • (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1949) — Venezuela
    • (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
    • (M. A. González-Sponga, 1981) — Venezuela
    • (Roewer, 1963) — Colombia
    • H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981 — Venezuela
    • Rocha, 1996 — Brazil
    • (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
    • Rocha, 1996 — Venezuela
    • (H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981) — Venezuela
  • Vima Hirst, 1912
  • M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
    • M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela

Zamorinae[]

  • Roewer, 1912
  • Roewer, 1956
    • Roewer, 1956 — Peru
  • Roewer, 1956
    • Roewer, 1956 — Peru
  • Roewer, 1927
    • Roewer, 1927 — Ecuador
    • Kury, 1997 — Ecuador

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo & Kury, Adriano B. (2007): Agoristenidae Šilhavý, 1973. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 171ff
  • Kury, Adriano B. (1997b): A new subfamily of Agoristenidae, with comments on suprageneric relationships of the family (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores). Trop. Zool. 10: 333-346.
  • Kury, Adriano B. (1997c): Os Stygnopsidae na filogenia de Gonyleptoidea, com comentários sobre a biogeografia da superfamilia. P. 30 in Actas del Primer Encuentro de Aracnólogos del Cono Sur. Montevideo, Uruguay.
  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9
  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R. and Hara, M.R. (2010) : New familial assignments for three species of Neotropical harvestmen based on cladistic analysis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores). Zootaxa, 2241: 33–46.
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