Manaosbiidae Explained

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".^[1]

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.^[1]

Distribution

The Manaosbiidae occur south from Panama, with a southern limit in Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil). They inhabit lowland Amazonian rainforest up to submontane Andean forests, dry forests in Central America, and riparian forests in Brazil.^[1]

Relationships

The relationship of Manaosbiidae with other families within the Gonyleptoidea is unclear.^[1]

Species

Manaosbiinae

• Azulamus Roewer, 1957

• Azulamus scabrissimus Roewer, 1957 – Peru
• Barrona Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942

• Barrona williamsi Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942 – Panama
• Belemnodes Strand, 1942

• Belemnodes scaber (Roewer, 1932)
• Belemulus Roewer, 1932

• Belemulus annulatus Roewer, 1932 – Brazil
• Bugabitia Roewer, 1915

• Bugabitia triacantha Roewer, 1915 – Panama
• Camelianus Roewer, 1912

• Camelianus fuhrmanni Roewer, 1912 – Colombia
• Clavicranaus Roewer, 1915

• Clavicranaus tarsalis Roewer, 1915 – Suriname, Brazil
• Cucutacola Mello-Leitão, 1940

• Cucutacola nigra Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Colombia
• Dibunostra Roewer, 1943

• Dibunostra ypsilon Roewer, 1943 – Venezuela
• Gonogotus Roewer, 1943

• Gonogotus areolatus Roewer, 1943 – Colombia
• Manaosbia Roewer, 1943

• Manaosbia scopulata Roewer, 1943 – Brazil
• Mazarunius Roewer, 1943

• Mazarunius oedipus Roewer, 1943 – Guyana
• Meridia Roewer, 1913

• Meridia palpalis Roewer, 1913 – Venezuela

• Meridia gracilis (Roewer, 1913) – Suriname
• Narcellus Kury & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2011

• Narcellus balthazar (Roewer, 1932) – Windward Islands

• Narcellus montgomeryi (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947) – Trinidad
• Paramicrocranaus H. Soares, 1970

• Paramicrocranaus difficilis H. Soares, 1970 – Brazil
• Pentacranaus Roewer, 1963

• Pentacranaus niger Roewer, 1963 – Peru
• Poassa Roewer, 1943

• Poassa limbata Roewer, 1943 – Costa Rica
• Poecilocranaus Roewer, 1943

• Poecilocranaus gratiosus Roewer, 1943 – Venezuela
• Rhopalocranaus Roewer, 1913

• Rhopalocranaus albilineatus Roewer, 1932 – Trinidad

• Rhopalocranaus apiculatus Roewer, 1932 – Brazil

• Rhopalocranaus aspersus Roewer, 1932 – Brazil

• Rhopalocranaus atroluteus Roewer, 1913 – Colombia

• Rhopalocranaus bordoni Silhavy, 1979 – Venezuela

• Rhopalocranaus crulsi Mello-Leitão, 1932

• Rhopalocranaus festae Roewer, 1925 – Ecuador

• Rhopalocranaus gracilis Roewer, 1913 – Venezuela

• Rhopalocranaus limbatus (Schenkel, 1953) – Venezuela

• Rhopalocranaus marginatus Roewer, 1913 – French Guiana, Brazil

• Rhopalocranaus robustus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942 — Guyana

• Rhopalocranaus tenuis (Roewer, 1943) – Suriname

• Rhopalocranaus tuberculatus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942 – Guyana

• Rhopalocranaus ypsilon Roewer, 1913 – Colombia
• Rhopalocranellus Roewer, 1925

• Rhopalocranellus festae Roewer, 1925 – Ecuador
• Sanvincentia Roewer, 1943

• Sanvincentia tarsalis Roewer, 1943 – Virgin Islands, St. Vincent
• Saramacia Roewer, 1913

• Saramacia alvarengai Kury, 1997 – Brazil

• Saramacia annulata (Mello-Leitão, 1931) – Brazil

• Saramacia aurilimbata Roewer, 1913 – Suriname

• Saramacia lucasae (R. d. L. S. Jim & H. E. M. Soares, 1991) – Brazil
• Semostrus Roewer, 1943

• Semostrus tarsalis Roewer, 1943 – Colombia
• Syncranaus Roewer, 1913

• Syncranaus cribrum Roewer, 1913 – Brazil
• Tegyra Sørensen, 1932

• Tegyra cinnamomea Sørensen, 1932 – Peru
• Zygopachylus Chamberlin, 1925

• Zygopachylus albomarginis Chamberlin, 1925 – Panama
• unknown genus

• unknown genus calcar (Roewer, 1943) – Venezuela

• unknown genus albituberculatus (Roewer, 1943) – Guyana

• unknown genus strinatii (V. Silhavy, 1979) – Venezuela

References

• Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Manaosbiidae
• (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press

Notes and References

1. (2007): Manaosbiidae. Roewer, 1943. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 210ff