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.^[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

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.^[1]

(after Kury 1997b, 1997c)

Species

Agoristeninae

• 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

Globibuninae

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

Leiosteninae

• Andrescava Roewer, 1957
  • Andrescava sturmi Roewer, 1963 — Colombia
  • Andrescava weyrauchi Roewer, 1957 — Peru
• Avima Roewer, 1949 .
  • Avima albidecorata (Silhavy, 1979) — Venezuela
  • Avima albimaculata (González-Sponga, 1998) — Venezuela
  • Avima albiornata (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947) — Trinidad & Tobago
  • Avima anitas Porto & Colmenares, 2014 — Brazil (!After Hallan)
  • Avima azulitai (Rambla, 1978) — Venezuela
  • Avima bicoloripes Roewer, 1949 — Brazil
  • Avima bordoni (Muñoz-Cuevas, 1975) — Venezuela
  • Avima bubonica (González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
  • Avima chapmani (Rambla, 1978) — Venezuela
  • Avima checkeleyi (Rambla, 1978) — Venezuela
  • Avima chiguaraensis (González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
  • Avima falconensis (González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
  • Avima flavomaculata (González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
  • Avima glabrata (González-Sponga, 1998) — Venezuela
  • Avima granulosa (González-Sponga, 1998) — Venezuela !Note: Altered suffix
  • Barlovento salmeronensis González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
• Leptostygnus Mello-Leitão, 1940
  • Leptostygnus leptochirus Mello-Leitão, 1940 — Colombia
  • Leptostygnus marchantiarum (González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
  • Leptostygnus yarigui García & Villarreal, 2020 — Colombia
• Muscopilio Villarreal & García, 2021
  • Muscopilio onod Villarreal & García, 2021 — Colombia
• Nemastygnus Roewer, 1929
  • Nemastygnus ovalis Roewer, 1929 — Colombia
• Ocoita González-Sponga, 1987
  • Ocoita mina González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela
  • Ocoita tapipensis González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela (= syn. Ocoita servae González-Sponga, 1987)
• Paravima Caporiacco, 1951
  • Paravima goodnightorum Caporiacco, 1951 — Venezuela (= syn. Paravima flumencaurimarensis González-Sponga, 1987)
  • 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 (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1949) — Venezuela
  • Paravima propespelunca González-Sponga, 1987 (= syn. Paravima acanthoconus Villarreal & DoNascimiento, 2005)
  • Paravima quirozi (González-Sponga, 1981) — Venezuela
  • Paravima totoro García & Villarreal, 2023 — Venezuela
• Taulisa Roewer, 1956
  • Taulisa koepckei Roewer, 1956 — Peru
• Vima Hirst, 1912
  • Vima insignis Hirst, 1912 — Guyana ? Brazil

Agoristenidae Insertae sedisedit

• 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

Referencesedit

Further readingedit

• 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.

External linksedit

• Media related to Agoristenidae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Agoristenidae at Wikispecies