Manaosbiidae
The Manaosbiidae are a family of neotropical harvestmen within the suborder Laniatores.
Name
The name of the type genus is combined from Manaus and Ancient Greek bios "living".Description
Body length ranges from about three to ten millimeters. Most species are dark brown with black mottling. Appendages are in general much lighter, often with dark rings.Distribution
The Manaosbiidae occur south from Panama, with a southern limit in Mato Grosso do Sul. They inhabit lowland Amazonian rainforest up to submontane Andean forests, dry forests in Central America, and riparian forests in Brazil.Relationships
The relationship of Manaosbiidae with other families within the Gonyleptoidea is unclear.Species
Manaosbiinae
Azulamus Roewer, 1957Barrona Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942Belemnodes Strand, 1942Belemulus Roewer, 1932Bugabitia Roewer, 1915Camelianus Roewer, 1912Clavicranaus Roewer, 1915Cucutacola Mello-Leitão, 1940Dibunostra Roewer, 1943Gonogotus Roewer, 1943Manaosbia Roewer, 1943Mazarunius Roewer, 1943Meridia Roewer, 1913Narcellus Kury & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2011Paramicrocranaus H. Soares, 1970Pentacranaus Roewer, 1963Poassa Roewer, 1943Poecilocranaus Roewer, 1943Rhopalocranaus Roewer, 1913Rhopalocranellus Roewer, 1925Sanvincentia Roewer, 1943Saramacia Roewer, 1913Semostrus Roewer, 1943Syncranaus Roewer, 1913Tegyra Sørensen, 1932Zygopachylus Chamberlin, 1925- unknown genus