Agoristenidae are a neotropical harvestman family of the Suborder Laniatores, in the superfamily

Gonyleptoidea Gonyleptoidea is the most diverse superfamily of the Grassatores. It includes around 2,500 species distributed in the tropics. They are characterized by the simplified male genitalia, with the glans free subapical in the truncus. Gonyleptoidea i ...

Name

The name of the type genus is a combination of

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''agora'' "gathering" and ''stenos'' "few", referring to the rarity of the family at the time of its discovery. (2007): Agoristenidae Šilhavý, 1973. In: Pinto-da-Rocha ''et al.'' 2007: 171ff

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.

Distribution

The subfamily Agoristeninae is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

Greater Antilles The Greater Antilles ( es, Grandes Antillas or Antillas Mayores; french: Grandes Antilles; ht, Gwo Zantiy; jam, Grieta hAntiliiz) is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and ...

. The other subfamilies have been found from northern

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Relationships

Zamorinae are the

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clade, with Agoristeninae and Leiosteninae as sister groups. Agoristeninae is sister group to all Gonyleptoidea except

Stygnopsidae The Stygnopsidae are a small family of harvestmen, with almost all species found in Mexico. Name The name of the type genus ''Stygnopsis'' is combined from the genus '' Stygnus'' (Stygnidae) and Ancient Greek ''opsis'', "looks like". (2007): Sty ...

. (after Kury 1997b, 1997c)

Species

Agoristeninae

* '' Agoristenus'' Silhavy, 1973 ** '' Agoristenus cubanus'' Silhavy, 1973 —

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

** '' Agoristenus haitensis'' Silhavy, 1973 —

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

* '' Ahotta'' Silhavy, 1973 ** '' Ahotta hispaniolica'' Silhavy, 1973 —

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

* '' 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 Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

* '' Yunquenus'' Silhavy, 1973 ** '' Yunquenus portoricanus'' Silhavy, 1973 — Puerto Rico

Leiosteninae

* '' Andrescava'' Roewer, 1957 ** '' Andrescava sturmi'' Roewer, 1963 —

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

** '' Andrescava weyrauchi'' Roewer, 1957 —

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* '' Barinas'' M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 ** '' Barinas flava'' M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 —

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

* '' 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 Sabanilla is a town and one of the 119 Municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 25,187, up from 21,156 as of 2005. It covers an area of 171.4 km2. As of 2010, the town of Sabanill ...

'' 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 Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...

** '' Trinella azulitai'' (M. Rambla, 1978) — Venezuela ** '' Trinella bicoloripes'' (Roewer, 1949) —

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

** '' 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 Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

** '' 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 Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

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

Zamorinae

* '' Globibunus'' Roewer, 1912 ** '' Globibunus rubrofemoratus'' Roewer, 1912 —

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

* '' Palcabius'' Roewer, 1956 ** '' Palcabius palpalis'' Roewer, 1956 —

* '' Ramonus'' Roewer, 1956 ** '' Ramonus conifrons'' Roewer, 1956 — Peru * '' Zamora'' Roewer, 1927 ** '' Zamora granulata'' Roewer, 1927 —

** '' Zamora vulcana'' Kury, 1997 — Ecuador

References

* (1997b): A new subfamily of Agoristenidae, with comments on suprageneric relationships of the family (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores). ''Trop. Zool.'' 10: 333-346. * (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. * (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. ''Harvard University Press'' * (2010) : New familial assignments for three species of Neotropical harvestmen based on cladistic analysis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores). ''Zootaxa'', 2241: 33–46. {{Taxonbar, from=Q2827080 Harvestman families Fauna of Hispaniola