This is a list of the opiliones or harvestmen of Trinidad and Tobago. Representatives of ten families are currently known to live on Trinidad, the information on Tobago is still sparse.
Goodnight and GoodnightGoodnight C.J. & Goodnight M.L. (1947) Studies of the phalangid fauna of Trinidad. American Museum Novitates 1351:1-13. produced one of the first listings of Trinidad opiliones in 1947 in a paper in which they named several new species. In Kury'sKury A.B. (2003) Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida: Opiliones). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, vol. especial monografico 31:1-337. 2003 catalogue of New World opiliones Trinidad was covered as well. The most recent work was done by Townsend, Proud and MooreTownsend V.R., Proud D.N. & Moore M.K. (2008) Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) of Trinidad, West Indies. Living World Journal 2008:53-65. in 2008 and included several new species that are still awaiting identification.
Agoristenidae Trinella albiornata (Goodnight and Goodnight, 1947) Trinella intermedia (Goodnight and Goodnight, 1947) Trinella leiobuniformis (Šilhavý, 1973)
Cosmetidae Cynortula granulata Roewer, 1912 Cynortula modesta (Sørenson, 1932) Cynortula undulata Roewer, 1947 Libitiosoma granulatum Roewer, 1947 Paecilaema adspersum Roewer, 1947 Paecilaema inglei Goodnight and Goodnight, 1947 Paecilaema paucipustulatum Roewer, 1947 Vonones testaceus Roewer, 1947
Cranaidae Phareicranaus calcariferus (Simon, 1879) (Santinezia serratotibialis Roewer, 1932 was previously listed as a separate species but is now assumed to be a synonym of P. calcariferus.)
Manaosbiidae Cranellus montgomeryi Goodnight and Goodnight, 1947 Rhopalocranaus albilineatus Roewer, 1932
Samoidae Maracaynatum trinidadense Šilhavý, 1979 Pellobunus longipalpus Goodnight and Goodnight, 1947
Sclerosomatidae Holcobunus aureopunctata Prionostemma fulginosum Prionostemma insulare Prionostemma referens Prionostemma vittatum Roewer, 1910
Stygnidae Stygnoplus clavotibialis (Goodnight and Goodnight, 1947)
Zalmoxidae Ethobunus tuberculatus (Goodnight and Goodnight, 1947)
Kimulidae Unidentified species
Stygnommatidae Stygnomma sp.
See also Natural history of Trinidad and Tobago
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