List of Opiliones of Trinidad and Tobago explained

This is a list of the Opiliones or harvestmen of Trinidad and Tobago. Representatives of ten families are currently known to live on Trinidad, the information on Tobago is still sparse.Goodnight and Goodnight^[1] produced one of the first listings of Trinidad opiliones in 1947 in a paper in which they named several new species. In Kury's^[2] 2003 catalogue of New World opiliones Trinidad was covered as well. The most recent work was done by Townsend, Proud and Moore^[3] in 2008 and included several new species that are still awaiting identification.

Agoristenidae

• Trinella albiornata (Goodnight and Goodnight, 1947)^[2]
• Trinella intermedia (Goodnight and Goodnight, 1947)^[2]
• Trinella leiobuniformis (Šilhavý, 1973)^[2]

Cosmetidae

• Cynortula granulata Roewer, 1912^[2]
• Cynortula modesta (Sørenson, 1932)^[2]
• Cynortula undulata Roewer, 1947^[2]
• Libitiosoma granulatum Roewer, 1947^[2]
• Paecilaema adspersum Roewer, 1947^[2]
• Paecilaema inglei Goodnight and Goodnight, 1947^[2]
• Paecilaema paucipustulatum Roewer, 1947^[2]
• Vonones testaceus Roewer, 1947^[2]

Cranaidae

• Phareicranaus calcariferus (Simon, 1879)^[2] (Santinezia serratotibialis Roewer, 1932 was previously listed as a separate species but is now assumed to be a synonym of P. calcariferus.)

Manaosbiidae

• Cranellus montgomeryi Goodnight and Goodnight, 1947^[2]
• Rhopalocranaus albilineatus Roewer, 1932^[2]

Samoidae

• Maracaynatum trinidadense Šilhavý, 1979^[2]
• Pellobunus longipalpus Goodnight and Goodnight, 1947^[2]

Sclerosomatidae

• Holcobunus aureopunctata ^[2]
• Prionostemma fulginosum ^[2]
• Prionostemma insulare ^[2]
• Prionostemma referens ^[2]
• Prionostemma vittatum Roewer, 1910^[2]

Stygnidae

• Stygnoplus clavotibialis (Goodnight and Goodnight, 1947)^[2]

Zalmoxidae

• Ethobunus tuberculatus (Goodnight and Goodnight, 1947)^[2]

Kimulidae

• Unidentified species ^[3]

Stygnommatidae

• Stygnomma sp. ^[3]

See also

• Natural history of Trinidad and Tobago

Notes and References

1. Goodnight C.J. & Goodnight M.L. (1947) Studies of the phalangid fauna of Trinidad. American Museum Novitates 1351:1-13.
2. Kury A.B. (2003) Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida: Opiliones). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, vol. especial monografico 31:1-337.
3. Townsend V.R., Proud D.N. & Moore M.K. (2008) Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) of Trinidad, West Indies. Living World Journal 2008:53-65.