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Family of harvestmen/daddy longlegs

Manaosbiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Laniatores
Infraorder: Grassatores
Superfamily: Gonyleptoidea
Family: Manaosbiidae
Roewer, 1943
Genera

see text

Diversity
c. 30 genera, c. 50 species

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".

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.

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.

Relationships

The relationship of Manaosbiidae with other families within the Gonyleptoidea is unclear.

Species

Manaosbiinae

  • Barrona Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942
  • unknown genus
  • unknown genus calcar (Roewer, 1943) – Venezuela
  • unknown genus albituberculatus (Roewer, 1943) – Guyana
  • unknown genus strinatii (V. Silhavy, 1979) – Venezuela

Footnotes

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

References

  • Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Manaosbiidae
  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9
Taxon identifiers
Manaosbiidae
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