Agoristenidae are a neotropical harvestman family of the Suborder Laniatores, in the superfamily Gonyleptoidea.
Name
The name of the type genus is a combination of Ancient Greek agora "gathering" and stenos "few", referring to the rarity of the family at the time of its discovery.[1]
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.[1]
Distribution
The subfamily Agoristeninae is endemic to the Greater Antilles. The other subfamilies have been found from northern South America.
Relationships
Zamorinae are the basal clade, with Agoristeninae and Leiosteninae as sister groups. Agoristeninae is sister group to all Gonyleptoidea except Stygnopsidae.[1]
Stygnopsidae
Agoristenidae
Zamorinae
Agoristeninae
Leiosteninae
other Gonyleptoidea
(after Kury 1997b, 1997c)
Species
Agoristeninae
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Agoristenus Silhavy, 1973
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Ahotta Silhavy, 1973
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Calmotrinus Silhavy, 1973
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Dumitrescuella Avram, 1977
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Haitimera Silhavy, 1973
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Lichirtes Silhavy, 1973
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Meriosfera Silhavy, 1973
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Orghidaniella Avram, 1977
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Piratrinus Silhavy, 1973
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Torreana Avram, 1977
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Vampyrostenus Silhavy, 1976
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Yunquenus Silhavy, 1973
Leiosteninae
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Andrescava Roewer, 1957
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Barinas M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
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Barlovento M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
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Leptostygnus Mello-Leitão, 1940
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Ocoita M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
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Paravima Caporiacco, 1951
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Sabanilla Roewer, 1913
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Trinella Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947
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Trinella albidecorata (Silhavy, 1979) — Venezuela
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Trinella albimaculata (González-Sponga, 1998)
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Trinella albiornata (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947) — Trinidad
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Trinella azulitai (M. Rambla, 1978) — Venezuela
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Trinella bicoloripes (Roewer, 1949) — Brazil
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Trinella bordoni (Muñoz-Cuevas, 1975)
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Trinella bubonica (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
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Trinella chapmani (M. Rambla, 1978) — Venezuela
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Trinella checkeleyi (M. Rambla, 1978) — Venezuela
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Trinella chiguaraensis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
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Trinella falconensis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
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Trinella flavomaculata (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
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Trinella glabrata (González-Sponga, 1998)
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Trinella granulata (González-Sponga, 1998)
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Trinella intermedia Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 — Trinidad
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Trinella leiobuniformis (Silhavy, 1973) — Trinidad
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Trinella leucobunus (Roewer, 1949) — Suriname
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Trinella matintaperera Pinto-da-Rocha, 1996 — Brazil
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Trinella naranjoi (H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981) — Venezuela
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Trinella nigromaculata (González-Sponga, 1998)
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Trinella octomaculata (Roewer, 1963) — Peru
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Trinella olmosa (Roewer, 1956) — Peru
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Trinella palpogranulosa (M. A. González-Sponga, 1981) — Venezuela
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Trinella plana (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1949) — Venezuela
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Trinella quadrata (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
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Trinella quirozi (M. A. González-Sponga, 1981) — Venezuela
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Trinella scabra (Roewer, 1963) — Colombia
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Trinella severa H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981 — Venezuela
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Trinella soaresorum Rocha, 1996 — Brazil
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Trinella subparamera (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987) — Venezuela
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Trinella troglobia Rocha, 1996 — Venezuela
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Trinella venezuelica (H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981) — Venezuela
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Vima Hirst, 1912
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Vimina M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
Zamorinae
References
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^ a b c Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo & Kury, Adriano B. (2007): Agoristenidae Šilhavý, 1973. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 171ff
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Kury, Adriano B. (1997b): A new subfamily of Agoristenidae, with comments on suprageneric relationships of the family (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores). Trop. Zool. 10: 333-346.
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Kury, Adriano B. (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.
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Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9
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Pinto-da-Rocha, R. and Hara, M.R. (2010) : New familial assignments for three species of Neotropical harvestmen based on cladistic analysis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores). Zootaxa, 2241: 33–46.
