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. [Some updates from WCO, 2025]

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 [Updates on WCO, 2025]

• Metabiantes armatus Lawrence, 1962 –Tanzania
• 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 Kauri, 1985 — Zaire
• Metabiantes kosibaiensis Kauri, 1961
• Metabiantes lawrencei Starega, 1992 –Tanzania [=obscurusLawrence, 1962]
• Metabiantes leighi (Pocock, 1902) — South Africa (Natal)
• Metabiantes litoralis Kauri, 1961
• Metabiantes longipes Kauri, 1985 — Zaire
• Metabiantes machadoi Lawrence, 1957
• Metabiantes meraculus (Loman, 1898) — South Africa [= maximus Lawrence, 1931]
• Metabiantes minutus Kauri, 1985 — Zaire
• Metabiantes montanus Kauri, 1985 — Zaire
• Metabiantes obscurus Kauri, 1961
• Metabiantes parvulus 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 Kauri, 1985 — Zaire
• Metabiantes submontanus Kauri, 1985 — Zaire
• Metabiantes teres Lawrence, 1963
• Metabiantes teretipes Lawrence, 1962 –Tanzania
• Metabiantes traegardhi Kauri, 1961
• Metabiantes trifasciatus Roewer, 1915 –Tanzania
• Metabiantes ulindinus Kauri, 1985 — Zaire
• Metabiantes unicolor (Roewer, 1912) –Tanzania, 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 — Error -Togo(?), likely U.S. Virgin Islands (inc. syn. Martibianta virginsulana Silhavy, 1973 — Virgin Islands) (!After Hallan)
• Heterolacurbs perezassoi Alegre & Armas, 2012 (!After Hallan)

• 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

Stenostygninae

Stenostygninae Roewer, 1913

• Bidoma Silhavy, 1973

• Bidoma indivisum Silhavy, 1973 — Haiti (!Caution original misspelling as indivisa)

• 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

• 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: Biantidae