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Biantidae Thorell, 1889 is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about 130 described species.
Description[]
Biantidae are between 1.5 and 5.5 millimeters long, with legs ranging from three to 25 mm and enlarged, armed pedipalps. Many species are mahogany, many others yellow with dark mottling.
Distribution[]
Biantidae have radiated greatly on the Indian subcontinent and Madagascar (which was once connected to India), with many other species from mainland Africa. One subfamily however, the Stenostygninae, is found on the West Indies, with one described species from mainland northern South America.
Relationships[]
Biantidae are included in the superfamily Samooidea, which mainly radiated in South America.
Genera[1][]
Biantinae
- Anaceros Lawrence, 1959 — Madagascar (4 species)
- Biantella Roewer, 1927 — Cameroon (1 species)
- Biantes Simon, 1885 — Nepal, India, Burma, Sumatra, Seychelles (29 species)
- Biantessus Roewer, 1949 — South Africa (2 species)
- Biantomma Roewer, 1942 — Bioko (1 species)
- Clinobiantes Roewer, 1927 — Cameroon (1 species)
- Cryptobiantes Kauri, 1962 — South Africa (1 species)
- Eubiantes Roewer, 1915 — eastern Africa (1 species)
- Fageibiantes Roewer, 1949 — Madagascar (2 species)
- Hinzuanius Karsch, 1880 — Madagascar, Socotra, Comoros, Ethiopia (15 species)
- Hirstienus Roewer, 1949 - Seychelles (1 species)
- Hovanoceros Lawrence, 1959 - Madagascar (1 species)
- Ivobiantes Lawrence, 1965 (1 species)
- Malgaceros Lawrence, 1959 (1 species)
- Metabiantes Roewer, 1915 — Africa (41 species)
- Monobiantes Lawrence, 1962 — Kenya (1 species)
- Probiantes Roewer, 1927 — India (1 species)
- Tetebius Roewer, 1949 - Mozambique (1 species)
- Eulacurbs Roewer, 1949 — Ghana (1 species)
- Lacurbs Sørensen, 1896 — Cameroon, Ivory Coast (2 species)
- Metalacurbs Roewer, 1914 — western Africa (4 species)
- Prolacurbs Roewer, 1949 — Ghana (1 species)
Stenostyginae
- Bidoma Silhavy, 1973 — Haiti (1 species)
- Caribbiantes Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba (1 species)
- Decuella Avram, 1977 — Cuba (1 species)
- Galibrotus Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba (3 species)
- Heterolacurbs Roewer, 1912 — Togo (1 species)
- Manahunca Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba (3 species)
- Negreaella Avram, 1977 — Cuba (5 species)
- Stenostygnus Simon, 1879 — northern South America (1 species)
- Vestitecola Silhavy, 1973 — Haiti (1 species)
Zairebiantinae
- Zairebiantes Kauri, 1985 — Zaire (1 species)
References[]
- ↑ Kury, AB, Souza, DR & Pérez-González, A (2015) World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 2: Laniatores – Samooidea, Zalmoxoidea and Grassatores incertae sedis. Biodiversity Data Journal, 3, DOI 10.3897/BDJ.3.e6482.