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 Roewer, 1949 see Biantidae: Biantinae, after Kury, & Pérez-González, 2015, contra Staręga, 1992.

Footnotes

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