Family of harvestmen/daddy longlegs
Stygnommatidae Stygnomma sp. from Costa RicaScientific classification Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Order: Suborder: Infraorder: Superfamily: Family: Stygnommatidae
Roewer, 1923
Species See text for list
Diversity 1 genus, c. 34 species
Stygnommatidae is a smallneotropical family of theharvestman infraorderGrassatores with about thirty described species.[ 1]
Stygnommatidae range from three to six millimeters in body length. Some species have chelicerae that effectively double their length. Thepedipalps are strong, enlarged and armed. The legs are relatively short. These harvestmen dwell in litter, with some species found incaves .[ 1]
Members of this family are found in theneotropics fromMexico toBrazil . Some species are found in southernFlorida and others inIndonesia andMalaysia , but it is not sure that these belong into this family.[ 1]
Themonophyly of this family is disputed. Its closest relatives within the Samooidea areSamoidae ,Biantidae andPodoctidae .[ 1]
The name of the type genus is combined from the genus nameStygnus Ancient Greek omma "eye", referring to the eyes that are separated like inStygnus .[ 1]
The following belong inStygnomma Roewer, 1912
Stygnomma annulipes (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947) —Mexico Stygnomma batatalense González-Sponga, 2005 Stygnomma belizense Goodnight & Goodnight, 1977 —Belize Stygnomma bispinatum Goodnight & Goodnight, 1953 — MexicoStygnomma cubiroense González-Sponga, 2005 Stygnomma delicatulum Rambla, 1976 —Ecuador Stygnomma fiskei Rambla, 1969 —Jamaica Stygnomma fuentesi González-Sponga, 2005 Stygnomma fuhrmanni Roewer, 1912 —Colombia ,Costa Rica ,Panama ,Venezuela Stygnomma furvum González-Sponga, 1987 — VenezuelaStygnomma gracilitibiae M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — VenezuelaStygnomma granulosum (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947) — Belize (=Stygnomma maya Goodnight & Goodnight, 1951 )Stygnomma jajoense González-Sponga, 2005 Stygnomma joannae Rambla, 1976 — EcuadorStygnomma larense González-Sponga, 1987 — VenezuelaStygnomma leleupi Rambla, 1976 — EcuadorStygnomma macrochelae González-Sponga, 2005 Stygnomma monagasiense Soares & Avram, 1981 — VenezuelaStygnomma ornatum González-Sponga, 1987 — VenezuelaStygnomma planum Goodnight & Goodnight, 1953 — MexicoStygnomma purpureum M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — VenezuelaStygnomma salmeronense González-Sponga, 2005 Stygnomma solisitiens M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — VenezuelaStygnomma spiniferum (Packard, 1888) Stygnomma spiniferum spiniferum (Packard, 1888) —Florida , JamaicaStygnomma spiniferum bolivari (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945) —Cuba Stygnomma spiniferum tancahense Goodnight & Goodnight, 1951 — Mexico, Belize^a b c d e Pérez Gonzales, Abel (2007): Stygnommatidae. Roewer, 1923. In: Pinto-da-Rochaet al. 2007: 229ffJoel Hallan 's Biology Catalog:Stygnommatidae Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones.Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9
