Samoidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about fifty described species. (2007): Samoidae. Sørensen, 1886. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 224ff

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

Footnotes

References 's Biology Catalog: Samoidae (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press