Agoristenidae


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.

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

Relationships

In older schemes, the now obsolete "Zamorinae" were the basal clade, with Agoristeninae and Leiosteninae as sister groups. Agoristeninae is sister group to all Gonyleptoidea except Stygnopsidae.

Species

Agoristeninae

Agoristenus Silhavy, 1973
  • * Agoristenus cubanus Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba
  • * Agoristenus haitensis Silhavy, 1973 — HaitiAhotta Silhavy, 1973
  • * Ahotta hispaniolica Silhavy, 1973 — HispaniolaCalmotrinus Silhavy, 1973
  • * Calmotrinus turquinensis Silhavy, 1973 — CubaDumitrescuella Avram, 1977
  • * Dumitrescuella ornata Avram, 1977 — CubaHaitimera Silhavy, 1973
  • * Haitimera paeninsularis Silhavy, 1973 — HispaniolaLichirtes Silhavy, 1973
  • * Lichirtes hexapodoides Silhavy, 1973 — CubaMeriosfera Silhavy, 1973
  • * Meriosfera gertschi Silhavy, 1973 — Hispaniola
  • * Meriosfera lineata Silhavy, 1973 — HispaniolaOrghidaniella Avram, 1977
  • * Orghidaniella granpiedrae Avram, 1977 — CubaPiratrinus Silhavy, 1973
  • * Piratrinus calcaratus Silhavy, 1973 — CubaTorreana Avram, 1977
  • * Torreana poeyi Avram, 1977 — Cuba
  • * Torreana spinata Avram, 1977 — CubaVampyrostenus Silhavy, 1976
  • * Vampyrostenus kratochvili Silhavy, 1976 — Puerto RicoYunquenus Silhavy, 1973
  • * Yunquenus portoricanus Silhavy, 1973 — Puerto Rico

Globibuninae

Globibunus Roewer, 1912
  • * Globibunus rubrofemoratus Roewer, 1912 — EcuadorRivetinus Roewer, 1914
  • * Rivetinus minutus Roewer, 1914 — Ecuador
  • * Rivetinus vulcanus Kury, 1997 — EcuadorSabanilla Roewer, 1913
  • * Sabanilla ornata Roewer, 1913 — Venezuela

Leiosteninae

Andrescava Roewer, 1957
  • * Andrescava sturmi Roewer, 1963 — Colombia
  • * Andrescava weyrauchi Roewer, 1957 — PeruAvima Roewer, 1949 .
  • * Avima albidecorata — Venezuela
  • * Avima albimaculata — Venezuela
  • * Avima albiornata — Trinidad & Tobago
  • * Avima anitas Porto & Colmenares, 2014 — Brazil
  • * Avima azulitai — Venezuela
  • * Avima bicoloripes Roewer, 1949 — Brazil
  • * Avima bordoni — Venezuela
  • * Avima bubonica — Venezuela
  • * Avima chapmani — Venezuela
  • * Avima checkeleyi — Venezuela
  • * Avima chiguaraensis — Venezuela
  • * Avima falconensis — Venezuela
  • * Avima flavomaculata — Venezuela
  • * Avima glabrata — Venezuela
  • * Avima granulosa
  • * Avima intermedia — Trinidad & Tobago
  • * Avima matintaperera — Brazil
  • * Avima naranjoi — Venezuela
  • * Avima octomaculata — Peru
  • * Avima olmosa Roewer, 1956 — Peru
  • * Avima palpogranulosa — Venezuela
  • * Avima quadrata — Venezuela
  • * Avima scabra — Colombia
  • * Avima severa — Venezuela
  • * Avima soaresorum — Brazil
  • * Avima subparamera — Venezuela
  • * Avima troglobia Rocha, 1996 — Venezuela
  • * Avima tuttifrutti García & Pastrana-Montiel, 2021 — Colombia
  • * Avima venezuelica Soares & Avram, 1981 — Venezuela
  • * Avima wayuunaiki García, González Vargas & Gutiérrez Estrada, 2022 — ColombiaBarinas González-Sponga, 1987
  • * Barinas flava González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • * Barinas guanenta García & Ahumada-C., 2022 — Colombia
  • * Barinas piragua Ahumada-C. & García, 2020 — Colombia
  • * Barinas virginis — VenezuelaBarlovento González-Sponga, 1987
  • * Barlovento albapatella González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • * Barlovento littorei González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • * Barlovento marmoratus — Venezuela
  • * Barlovento salmeronensis González-Sponga, 1987 — VenezuelaLeptostygnus Mello-Leitão, 1940
  • * Leptostygnus leptochirus Mello-Leitão, 1940 — Colombia
  • * Leptostygnus marchantiarum — Venezuela
  • * Leptostygnus yarigui García & Villarreal, 2020 — ColombiaMuscopilio Villarreal & García, 2021
  • * Muscopilio onod Villarreal & García, 2021 — ColombiaNemastygnus Roewer, 1929
  • * Nemastygnus ovalis Roewer, 1929 — ColombiaOcoita González-Sponga, 1987
  • * Ocoita mina González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • * Ocoita tapipensis González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela Paravima Caporiacco, 1951
  • * Paravima goodnightorum Caporiacco, 1951 — Venezuela
  • * Paravima locumida González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • * Paravima lokura García & Villarreal, 2023 — Colombia
  • * Paravima magistri García & Villarreal, 2023 — Colombia
  • * Paravima morritomacairensis González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • * Paravima plana — Venezuela
  • * Paravima propespelunca González-Sponga, 1987
  • * Paravima quirozi — Venezuela
  • * Paravima totoro García & Villarreal, 2023 — VenezuelaTaulisa Roewer, 1956
  • * Taulisa koepckei Roewer, 1956 — PeruVima Hirst, 1912
  • * Vima insignis Hirst, 1912 — Guyana

Agoristenidae ''Insertae sedis''

Micrisaeus Roewer, 1957
  • * Micrisaeus gracillimus Roewer, 1957 — Peru
Excluded from Agoristenidae, now placed elsewhere:
  • For Palcabius Roewer, 1956, see Gonyleptoidea Insertae sedis
  • * Palcabius palpalis Roewer, 1956 — Peru
  • For Ramonus Roewer, 1956, see Gonyleptoidea Insertae sedis
  • * Ramonus conifrons Roewer, 1956 — Peru
  • For Zamora Roewer, 1927, see Nomoclastidae