Samoidae sunt familia infraordinis Grassatorum Opilionum circa quingaginta species descriptas habens.^[1]

Descriptio

Longitudo membrorum huius familiae est a 2 mm ad paene 6 mm. Haec animalia colore sunt hepatica ad flava vel flavo-virentia, obscure maculata, et aliquando fuliginosa.^[1]

Distributio

Samoidae ex Australia, Melanesia, Mexico, Polynesia, Indis Occidentalibus, et Venetiola omnes sunt singulariter similes, dum species opilionum ex Africa, Madagascaria, Seychelles,^? et Indonesia saltem partim ad hanc familiam ut videtur non pertinent.^[1]

Cognationes

Cognationes cum aliis Samooideorum familiis nondum intelleguntur.^[1]

Nomen

Nomen typi generis deductum est de nomine loci Samoae.^[1]

Species

• Akdalima Silhavy, 1977
  • Akdalima jamaicana V. Silhavy, 1979 — Iamaica
  • Akdalima vomeroi Silhavy, 1977 — Mexicum

• Arganotus Silhavy, 1977
  • Arganotus macrochelis (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1953) — Mexicum
  • 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 — Viti

• Badessania Roewer, 1949
  • Badessania metatarsalis Roewer, 1949 — Nova Cambria Australis

• Benoitinus M. Rambla, 1983
  • Benoitinus elegans M. Rambla, 1983 — Seychelles

• Cornigera M. A. González-Sponga, 1987
  • Cornigera flava M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venetiola

• 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 — Insulae Infra Ventum (Guadalupia, Montserrat, Insula Sancti Christophori, Insula Nivium)
  • † Hummelinckiolus silhavyi Cokendolpher & Poinar, 1998 (fossile)

• Kalominua Sørensen, 1932 — Venetiola
  • 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) — Venetiola
  • Maracaynatum mariaeteresae M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — Venetiola
  • Maracaynatum orchidearum Roewer, 1949 — Venetiola
  • Maracaynatum stridulans V. Silhavy, 1979 — Cuba
  • Maracaynatum trinidadense V. Silhavy, 1979 — Trinitas

• Microconomma Roewer, 1915
  • Microconomma armatipes Roewer, 1915 — Cammarunia

• Mitraceras Loman, 1902 — Insulae Seisellenses
  • 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 — Venetioa
  • Pellobunus haitiensis (V. Silhavy, 1979) — Haiti
  • Pellobunus insularis Banks, 1905 — Costa Rica, Panama
  • Pellobunus insulcatus (Roewer, 1954) — Salvator
  • Pellobunus longipalpus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 — Trinitas
  • Pellobunus mexicanus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1971 — Mexicum
  • † Pellobunus proavus J. C. Cokendolpher, 1987 (fossile)
  • Pellobunus trispinatus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 — Trinitas

• Reventula V. Silhavy, 1979
  • Reventula amabilis V. Silhavy, 1979 — Iamaica

• Samoa Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886
  • Samoa variabilis Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886 — Samoa
  • Samoa obscura Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886 — Samoa, Viti
  • Samoa sechellana M. Rambla, 1983 — Insulae Seisellenses

• Sawaiellus Roewer, 1949
  • Sawaiellus berlandi Roewer, 1949 — Samoa

• Tetebius Roewer, 1949
  • Tetebius latibunus Roewer, 1949 — Mozambicum

• Vlachiolus V. Silhavy, 1979
  • Vlachiolus vojtechi V. Silhavy, 1979 — Cuba

• Waigeucola Roewer, 1949
  • Waigeucola palpalis Roewer, 1949 — Indonesia

Notae

Bibliographia

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