Samoidae

Samoidae; Temporal range: Neogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Samoidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Suborder:	Laniatores
Infraorder:	Grassatores
Superfamily:	Samooidea
Family:	Samoidae; Sørensen, 1886
Species
	See text for list.
Diversity
	c. 26 genera, c. 50 species

Samoidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about fifty described species.^[1]

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

Relationships[]

The relationship with other families in the Samooidea is not yet understood.^[1]

Name[]

The name of the type genus is derived from the type locality Samoa.^[1]

Species[]

Silhavy, 1977

V. Silhavy, 1979 — Jamaica
Silhavy, 1977 — Mexico

Silhavy, 1977

(Goodnight & Goodnight, 1953) — Mexico
V. Silhavy, 1979 — Haiti
V. Silhavy, 1979 — Guatemala

Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886

Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886 — Fiji

Roewer, 1949

Roewer, 1949 — New South Wales

M. Rambla, 1983

M. Rambla, 1983 — Seychelles

M. A. González-Sponga, 1987

M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela

Simon, 1879

(L. Koch, 1865) — Samoa

Roewer, 1963

Roewer, 1963 — Melanesia

Lawrence, 1959

Lawrence, 1959

V. Silhavy, 1979

V. Silhavy, 1979 — Leeward Islands (Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis)
† Cokendolpher & Poinar, 1998 — fossil: Dominican amber

Sørensen, 1932 — Venezuela

(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
Sørensen, 1932
(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
(H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981)
(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
(M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)

Lawrence, 1959

Lawrence, 1959

Roewer, 1949

V. Silhavy, 1979 — Cuba
(H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981) — Venezuela
M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
Roewer, 1949 — Venezuela
V. Silhavy, 1979 — Cuba
V. Silhavy, 1979 — Trinidad

Roewer, 1915

Roewer, 1915 — Cameroon

Loman, 1902 — Seychelles

Loman, 1902
M. Rambla, 1983

Goodnight & Goodnight, 1983

Goodnight & Goodnight, 1983 — Costa Rica

V. Silhavy, 1979

V. Silhavy, 1979 — Haiti

Goodnight & Goodnight, 1957

Goodnight & Goodnight, 1957

Banks, 1905

M. Rambla, 1978 — Venezuela
(V. Silhavy, 1979) — Haiti
Banks, 1905 — Costa Rica, Panama
(Roewer, 1954) — El Salvador
Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 — Trinidad
Goodnight & Goodnight, 1971 — Mexico
† J. C. Cokendolpher, 1987 — fossil: Dominican amber
Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 — Trinidad

V. Silhavy, 1979

V. Silhavy, 1979 — Jamaica

Samoa Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886

Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886 — Samoa
Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886 — Samoa
M. Rambla, 1983 — Seychelles

Roewer, 1949

Roewer, 1949 — Samoa

Roewer, 1949

Roewer, 1949 — Tete, Mozambique

V. Silhavy, 1979

V. Silhavy, 1979 — Cuba

Roewer, 1949

Roewer, 1949 — Indonesia

Footnotes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Pérez Gonzales, Abel & Kury, Adriano B. (2007): Samoidae. Sørensen, 1886. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 224ff

References[]

Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Samoidae
Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9

[pinto-224ff-1] Pérez Gonzales, Abel & Kury, Adriano B. (2007): Samoidae. Sørensen, 1886. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 224ff

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