Agoristenidae

Agoristenidaeare 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

Agoristeninae Silhavy, 1973

• Agoristenus Silhavy, 1973
  • Agoristenus cubanus Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba
  • Agoristenus haitensis Silhavy, 1973 — Haiti

• Ahotta Silhavy, 1973
  • Ahotta hispaniolica Silhavy, 1973 — Hispaniola

• Calmotrinus Silhavy, 1973
  • Calmotrinus turquinensis Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba

• Dumitrescuella Avram, 1977
  • Dumitrescuella ornata Avram, 1977 — Cuba

• Haitimera Silhavy, 1973
  • Haitimera paeninsularis Silhavy, 1973 — Hispaniola

• Lichirtes Silhavy, 1973
  • Lichirtes hexapodoides Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba

• Meriosfera Silhavy, 1973
  • Meriosfera gertschi Silhavy, 1973 — Hispaniola
  • Meriosfera lineata Silhavy, 1973 — Hispaniola

• Orghidaniella Avram, 1977
  • Orghidaniella granpiedrae Avram, 1977 — Cuba

• Piratrinus Silhavy, 1973
  • Piratrinus calcaratus Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba

• Torreana Avram, 1977
  • Torreana poeyi Avram, 1977 — Cuba
  • Torreana spinata Avram, 1977 — Cuba

• Vampyrostenus Silhavy, 1976
  • Vampyrostenus kratochvili Silhavy, 1976 — Puerto Rico

• Yunquenus Silhavy, 1973
  • Yunquenus portoricanus Silhavy, 1973 — Puerto Rico

Leiosteninae

Leiosteninae Silhavy, 1973

• Andrescava Roewer, 1957
  • Andrescava sturmi Roewer, 1963 — Colombia
  • Andrescava weyrauchi Roewer, 1957 — Peru

• Barinas M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
  • Barinas flava M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela

• Barlovento M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
  • Barlovento albapatella M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • Barlovento littorei M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • Barlovento marmorata (M. A. González-Sponga, 1981)
  • Barlovento salmeronensis M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela

• Leptostygnus Mello-Leitão, 1940
  • Leptostygnus leptochirus Mello-Leitão, 1940 — Colombia
  • Leptostygnus marchantiarum (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela

• Ocoita M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
  • Ocoita mina M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • Ocoita servae M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • Ocoita tapipensis M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela

• Paravima Caporiacco, 1951
  • Paravima flumencaurimarensis M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • Paravima goodnightiorum Caporiacco, 1951 — Venezuela
  • Paravima locumida M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • Paravima morritomacairensis M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • Paravima propespelunca M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela

• Sabanilla Roewer, 1913
  • Sabanilla ornata Roewer, 1913 — Colombia?, Venezuela

• Trinella Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947
  • Trinella albidecorata (Silhavy, 1979) — Venezuela
  • Trinella albimaculata (González-Sponga, 1998)
  • Trinella albiornata (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947) — Trinidad
  • Trinella azulitai (M. Rambla, 1978) — Venezuela
  • Trinella bicoloripes (Roewer, 1949) — Brazil
  • Trinella bordoni (Muñoz-Cuevas, 1975)
  • Trinella bubonica (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
  • Trinella chapmani (M. Rambla, 1978) — Venezuela
  • Trinella checkeleyi (M. Rambla, 1978) — Venezuela
  • Trinella chiguaraensis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
  • Trinella falconensis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
  • Trinella flavomaculata (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
  • Trinella glabrata (González-Sponga, 1998)
  • Trinella granulata (González-Sponga, 1998)
  • Trinella intermedia Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 — Trinidad
  • Trinella leiobuniformis (Silhavy, 1973) — Trinidad
  • Trinella leucobunus (Roewer, 1949) — Suriname
  • Trinella matintaperera Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996 — Brazil
  • Trinella naranjoi (H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981) — Venezuela
  • Trinella nigromaculata (González-Sponga, 1998)
  • Trinella octomaculata (Roewer, 1963) — Peru
  • Trinella olmosa (Roewer, 1956) — Peru
  • Trinella palpogranulosa (M. A. González-Sponga, 1981) — Venezuela
  • Trinella plana (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1949) — Venezuela
  • Trinella quadrata (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
  • Trinella quirozi (M. A. González-Sponga, 1981) — Venezuela
  • Trinella scabra (Roewer, 1963) — Colombia
  • Trinella severa H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981 — Venezuela
  • Trinella soaresorum Rocha, 1996 — Brazil
  • Trinella subparamera (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
  • Trinella troglobia Rocha, 1996 — Venezuela
  • Trinella venezuelica (H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981) — Venezuela

• Vima Hirst, 1912
  • Vima insignis Hirst, 1912 —Guyana

• Vimina M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
  • Vimina virginis M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela

Zamorinae

Zamorinae Kury, 1997

• Globibunus Roewer, 1912
  • Globibunus rubrofemoratus Roewer, 1912 — Ecuador

• Palcabius Roewer, 1956
  • Palcabius palpalis Roewer, 1956 — Peru

• Ramonus Roewer, 1956
  • Ramonus conifrons Roewer, 1956 — Peru

• Zamora Roewer, 1927
  • Zamora granulata Roewer, 1927 — Ecuador
  • Zamora vulcana Kury, 1997 — Ecuador

References

• 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.