List of Biantidae species

This is a list of the described species of the harvestman family Biantidae. The data is taken from Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog.

Biantinae

Biantinae Thorell, 1889

* "Anaceros" Lawrence, 1959 — Madagascar:* "Anaceros anodonta" Lawrence, 1959:* "Anaceros canidens" Lawrence, 1959:* "Anaceros humilis" Lawrence, 1959:* "Anaceros pauliani" Lawrence, 1959

* "Biantella" Roewer, 1927:* "Biantella reticulata" Roewer, 1927 — Cameroon

* "Biantes" Simon, 1885:* "Biantes albimanum" (Loman, 1902) — Seychelles:* "Biantes aelleni" Silhavy, 1973:* "Biantes annapurnae" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes atroluteus" Roewer, 1914 — India:* "Biantes brevis" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes carli" Roewer, 1929 — India:* "Biantes conspersus" Roewer, 1927 — Bombay:* "Biantes dilatatus" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes fuscipes" Thorell, 1890 — Pinang:* "Biantes gandaki" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes gandakoides" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes ganesh" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes godavari" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes gurung" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes jirel" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes kathmandicus" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes lecithodes" Thorell, 1899 — Burma:* "Biantes longimanus" Simon, 1885 — India:* "Biantes magar" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes minimus" M. Rambla, 1983 — Seychelles:* "Biantes newar" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes parvulus" (Herbst, 1911) — Seychelles:* "Biantes pernepalicus" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes quadrituberculatus" Roewer, 1929 — India:* "Biantes rarensis" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes sherpa" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes simplex" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes thakkhali" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes thamang" J. Martens, 1978 — Nepal:* "Biantes vitellinus" Thorell, 1890 — Sumatra

* "Biantessus" Roewer, 1949:* "Biantessus vertebralis" (Lawrence, 1933) — South Africa:* "Biantessus nigrotarsus" (Lawrence, 1933) — South Africa

* "Biantomma" Roewer, 1942:* "Biantomma nigrospinosum" Roewer, 1942 — Bioko

* "Clinobiantes" Roewer, 1927:* "Clinobiantes paradoxus" Roewer, 1927 — Cameroon

* "Cryptobiantes" Kauri, 1962:* "Cryptobiantes protector" Kauri, 1961

* "Eubiantes" Roewer, 1915:* "Eubiantes africanus" Roewer, 1915 — eastern Africa

* "Fageibiantes" Roewer, 1949:* "Fageibiantes bicornis" (Fage, 1946) — Madagascar:* "Fageibiantes bispina" (Lawrence, 1959)

* "Hinzuanius" Karsch, 1880:* "Hinzuanius africanus" Pavesi, 1883 — Ethiopia:* "Hinzuanius comorensis" (Roewer, 1949) — Comoros:* "Hinzuanius flaviventris" (Pocock, 1903) — Socotra:* "Hinzuanius gracilis" (Roewer, 1949) — Madagascar:* "Hinzuanius indicus" (Roewer, 1915):* "Hinzuanius insulanus" Karsch, 1880 — Comoros:* "Hinzuanius littoralis" (Lawrence, 1959):* "Hinzuanius madagassis" (Roewer, 1949) — Madagascar:* "Hinzuanius mauriticus" Roewer, 1927:* "Hinzuanius milloti" (Fage, 1946) — Madagascar:* "Hinzuanius pardalis" (Lawrence, 1959):* "Hinzuanius pauliani" (Lawrence, 1959):* "Hinzuanius tenebrosus" (Lawrence, 1959):* "Hinzuanius vittatus" (Simon, 1885) — Madagascar

* "Ivobiantes" Lawrence, 1965:* "Ivobiantes spinipalpis" Lawrence, 1965

* "Metabiantes" Roewer, 1915:* "Metabiantes armatus" Lawrence, 1962:* "Metabiantes barbertonensis" Lawrence, 1963:* "Metabiantes basutoanus" Kauri, 1961:* "Metabiantes cataracticus" Kauri, 1961:* "Metabiantes convexus" Roewer, 1949 — Rewenzori, East Africa:* "Metabiantes filipes" (Roewer, 1912) — Cameroon:* "Metabiantes flavus" Lawrence, 1949 — Angola:* "Metabiantes hanstroemi" Kauri, 1961:* "Metabiantes incertus" Kauri, 1961:* "Metabiantes insulanus" (Roewer, 1949) — Principe:* "Metabiantes jeanneli" (Roewer, 1913) — Kenya:* "Metabiantes kakololius" H. Kauri, 1985 — Zaire:* "Metabiantes kosibaiensis" Kauri, 1961:* "Metabiantes lawrencei" Starega, 1992:* "Metabiantes leighi" (Pocock, 1902) — Natal:* "Metabiantes litoralis" Kauri, 1961:* "Metabiantes longipes" H. Kauri, 1985 — Zaire:* "Metabiantes machadoi" Lawrence, 1957:* "Metabiantes maximus" Lawrence, 1931 — South Africa:* "Metabiantes meraculus" (Loman, 1898) — South Africa:* "Metabiantes minutus" H. Kauri, 1985 — Zaire:* "Metabiantes montanus" H. Kauri, 1985 — Zaire:* "Metabiantes obscurus" Kauri, 1961:* "Metabiantes parvulus" H. Kauri, 1985 — Zaire:* "Metabiantes perustus" Lawrence, 1963:* "Metabiantes pumilio" Roewer, 1927:* "Metabiantes punctatus" (Sørensen, 1910) — eastern Africa:* "Metabiantes pusulosus" (Loman, 1898) — Natal:* "Metabiantes rudebecki" Kauri, 1961:* "Metabiantes stanleyi" H. Kauri, 1985 — Zaire:* "Metabiantes submontanus" H. Kauri, 1985 — Zaire:* "Metabiantes teres" Lawrence, 1963:* "Metabiantes teretipes" Lawrence, 1962:* "Metabiantes traegardhi" Kauri, 1961:* "Metabiantes trifasciatus" Roewer, 1915 — eastern Africa:* "Metabiantes ulindinus" H. Kauri, 1985 — Zaire:* "Metabiantes unicolor" (Roewer, 1912) — Kenya:* "Metabiantes urbanus" Kauri, 1961:* "Metabiantes varius" Kauri, 1961:* "Metabiantes zuluanus" Lawrence, 1937 — Natal:* "Metabiantes zuurbergianus" Kauri, 1961

* "Monobiantes" Lawrence, 1962:* "Monobiantes benoiti" Lawrence, 1962

* "Probiantes" Roewer, 1927:* "Probiantes croceus" Roewer, 1927 — Bombay

Lacurbsinae

Lacurbsinae Lawrence, 1959

* "Eulacurbs" Roewer, 1949:* "Eulacurbs paradoxa" Roewer, 1949 — Ghana

* "Heterolacurbs" Roewer, 1912:* "Heterolacurbs ovalis" Roewer, 1912 — Togo

* "Lacurbs" Sørensen, 1896:* "Lacurbs spinosa" Sørensen, 1896 — Cameroon:* "Lacurbs nigrimana" Roewer, 1912 — Ivory Coast

* "Metalacurbs" Roewer, 1914:* "Metalacurbs cornipes" (Roewer, 1958):* "Metalacurbs oedipus" (Roewer, 1958):* "Metalacurbs simoni" Roewer, 1914 — western Africa:* "Metalacurbs villiersi" (Roewer, 1953)

* "Prolacurbs" Roewer, 1949:* "Prolacurbs singularis" Roewer, 1949 — Ghana

tenostygninae

Stenostygninae Roewer, 1913

* "Bidoma" Silhavy, 1973:* "Bidoma indivisa" Silhavy, 1973 — Haiti

* "Caribbiantes" Silhavy, 1973:* "Caribbiantes cubanus" Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba

* "Decuella" Avram, 1977:* "Decuella cubaorientalis" Avram, 1977 — Cuba

* "Galibrotus" Silhavy, 1973:* "Galibrotus carlotanus" Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba:* "Galibrotus matiasis" Avram, 1977 — Cuba:* "Galibrotus riedeli" Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba

* "Manahunca" Silhavy, 1973:* "Manahunca bielawskii" Silhavy, 1973 — Cuba:* "Manahunca cuevajibarae" Avram, 1977 — Cuba:* "Manahunca silhavyi" Avram, 1977 — Cuba

* "Martibianta" Silhavy, 1973:* "Martibianta virginsulana" Silhavy, 1973 — Virgin Islands

* "Negreaella" Avram, 1977:* "Negreaella fundorai" Avram, 1977 — Cuba:* "Negreaella palenquensis" Avram, 1977 — Cuba:* "Negreaella rioindiocubanicola" Avram, 1977 — Cuba:* "Negreaella vinai" Avram, 1977 — Cuba:* "Negreaella yumuriensis" Avram, 1977 — Cuba

* "Stenostygnus" Simon, 1879:* "Stenostygnus pusio" Simon, 1879 — Brazil, French Guiana (Cayenne), Colombia, Ecuador

* "Vestitecola" Silhavy, 1973:* "Vestitecola haitensis" Silhavy, 1973 — Haiti

Zairebiantinae

Zairebiantinae Kauri, 1985

* "Zairebiantes" H. Kauri, 1985:* "Zairebiantes microphthalmus" H. Kauri, 1985 — Zaire

References

* Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Biantidae.txt Biantidae]