Samoidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about fifty described species.

Description

The body length of members of this family ranges from about two to almost six millimeters. They are dull light brown to yellow or green yellow with darker mottling, and sometimes dark brown.

Distribution

Samoidae from Polynesia, Melanesia, Australia, Mexico, the West Indies and Venezuela are all remarkably similar, while the species from Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles and Indonesia do at least in part not belong to this family.

Relationships

The relationship with other families in the Samooidea is not yet understood.

Name

The name of the type genus is derived from the type locality Samoa.

Species

• Akdalima Silhavy, 1977

  Akdalima jamaicana V. Silhavy, 1979 — Jamaica

• Akdalima vomeroi Silhavy, 1977 — Mexico

• Arganotus Silhavy, 1977

  Arganotus macrochelis (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1953) — Mexico

• Arganotus robustus V. Silhavy, 1979 — Haiti

• Arganotus strinatii V. Silhavy, 1979 — Guatemala

• Badessa Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886

  Badessa ampycoides Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886 — Fiji

  Badessania Roewer, 1949

  Badessania metatarsalis Roewer, 1949 — New South Wales

  Benoitinus M. Rambla, 1983

  Benoitinus elegans M. Rambla, 1983 — Seychelles

  Cornigera M. A. González-Sponga, 1987

  Cornigera flava M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela

  Feretrius Simon, 1879

  Feretrius quadrioculatus (L. Koch, 1865) — Samoa

  Fijicolana Roewer, 1963

  Fijicolana tuberculata Roewer, 1963 — Melanesia

  Hovanoceros Lawrence, 1959

  Hovanoceros bison Lawrence, 1959

  Hummelinckiolus V. Silhavy, 1979

  Hummelinckiolus parvus V. Silhavy, 1979 — Leeward Islands (Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis)

• † Hummelinckiolus silhavyi Cokendolpher & Poinar, 1998 — fossil: Dominican amber

• Kalominua Sørensen, 1932 — Venezuela

  Kalominua alta (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)

• Kalominua bicolor Sørensen, 1932

• Kalominua bromeliaca (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)

• Kalominua inermichela (H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981)

• Kalominua leonensis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)

• Kalominua manueli (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)

• Kalominua minuta (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)

• Kalominua tiarensis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)

• Malgaceros Lawrence, 1959

  Malgaceros boviceps Lawrence, 1959

  Maracaynatum Roewer, 1949

  Maracaynatum cubanum V. Silhavy, 1979 — Cuba

• Maracaynatum linaresi (H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981) — Venezuela

• Maracaynatum mariaeteresae M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venezuela

• Maracaynatum orchidearum Roewer, 1949 — Venezuela

• Maracaynatum stridulans V. Silhavy, 1979 — Cuba

• Maracaynatum trinidadense V. Silhavy, 1979 — Trinidad

• Microconomma Roewer, 1915

  Microconomma armatipes Roewer, 1915 — Cameroon

  Mitraceras Loman, 1902 — Seychelles

  Mitraceras crassipalpum Loman, 1902

• Mitraceras pulchra M. Rambla, 1983

• Neocynortina Goodnight & Goodnight, 1983

  Neocynortina dixoni Goodnight & Goodnight, 1983 — Costa Rica

  Orsa V. Silhavy, 1979

  Orsa daphne V. Silhavy, 1979 — Haiti

  Parasamoa Goodnight & Goodnight, 1957

  Parasamoa gressitti Goodnight & Goodnight, 1957

  Pellobunus Banks, 1905

  Pellobunus camburalesi M. Rambla, 1978 — Venezuela

• Pellobunus haitiensis (V. Silhavy, 1979) — Haiti

• Pellobunus insularis Banks, 1905 — Costa Rica, Panama

• Pellobunus insulcatus (Roewer, 1954) — El Salvador

• Pellobunus longipalpus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 — Trinidad

• Pellobunus mexicanus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1971 — Mexico

• † Pellobunus proavus J. C. Cokendolpher, 1987 — fossil: Dominican amber

• Pellobunus trispinatus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 — Trinidad

• Reventula V. Silhavy, 1979

  Reventula amabilis V. Silhavy, 1979 — Jamaica

  Samoa Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886

  Samoa variabilis Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886 — Samoa

• Samoa obscura Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886 — Samoa

• Samoa sechellana M. Rambla, 1983 — Seychelles

• Sawaiellus Roewer, 1949

  Sawaiellus berlandi Roewer, 1949 — Samoa

  Tetebius Roewer, 1949

  Tetebius latibunus Roewer, 1949 — Tete, Mozambique

  Vlachiolus V. Silhavy, 1979

  Vlachiolus vojtechi V. Silhavy, 1979 — Cuba

  Waigeucola Roewer, 1949

  Waigeucola palpalis Roewer, 1949 — Indonesia

Note: for Tetebius see Biantidae: Biantinae, after Kury, & Pérez-González, 2015, contra Staręga, 1992.

Footnotes

References

• 's Biology Catalog: Samoidae

• (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press