Biology:Kimulidae
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| Family: | Kimulidae Pérez-González, Kury & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2007
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Kimulidae is a small neotropical family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about thirty described species.[1]
Description
These brown harvestmen dwell in soil and litter.[1]
Distribution
Whereas most species occur in Venezuela, Colombia and the West Indies, the isolated species Tegipiolus pachypus (which was formerly in Zalmoxidae) is found in northeastern Brazil . This species also differs from the others morphologically.[1] Another Brazilian species, Microminua soerenseni Rio de Janeiro, does not belong to this family.[2]
Relationships
Kimulidae are probably closely related to Escadabiidae.[1]
Name
This family was originally called Minuidae, but as the name of the type genus proved invalid, the family name needed a replacement.[1]
Species
- Acanthominua Sørensen, 1932
- Acanthominua tricarinata Sørensen, 1932 — Venezuela
- Euminua Sørensen, 1932
- Euminua brevitarsa Sørensen, 1932 — Venezuela
- Euminuoides Mello-Leitão, 1935
- Euminuoides longitarsa (Sørensen, 1932) — Venezuela
- Fudeci M. A. González-Sponga, 1997
- Fudeci curvifemur González-Sponga, 1997 — Venezuela
- Jimeneziella Avram, 1970 — Cuba
- Jimeneziella decui Avram, 1970
- Jimeneziella negreai Avram, 1970
- Kimula Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942
- Kimula banksi Silhavy, 1969 — Cuba
- Kimula cokendopheri Pérez-González & Armas, 2000 — Dominican Republic
- Kimula elongata Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942 — Puerto Rico
- Kimula goodnightiorum Silhavy, 1969 — Cuba
- Kimula levii Silhavy, 1969 — Cuba
- Kimula tuberculata Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943 — Cuba
- Kimula turquinensis Silhavy, 1969 — Cuba
- Kimula botosaneanui S. Avram, 1973 — Cuba
- Microminua Sørensen, 1932
- Microminua parvula Sørensen, 1932 — Venezuela
- Microminua soerenseni H. E. M. Soares & B. A. Soares, 1954 — Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) (not Kimulidae, probably Gonyleptidae, Tricommatinae)[2]
- Minua Sørensen, 1932 — Venezuela
- Minua barloventensis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Minua choroniensis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Minua crassa (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Minua denticulata (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Minua dimorpha Sørensen, 1932
- Minua elias Sørensen, 1932
- Minua guatopensis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Minua montis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Minua nebulae (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Minua parva (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Minua pinturelensis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Minua punctiacuta (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Minua scabra Sørensen, 1932
- Minua venefica (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)
- Pseudominua Mello-Leitão, 1933
- Pseudominua convolvulus (Sørensen, 1932) — Venezuela
- Pseudominua peruviana Roewer, 1963 — Peru
- Tegipiolus Roewer, 1949
- Tegipiolus pachypus Roewer, 1949 — Brazil
Footnotes
References
- Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Minuidae
- Kury, Adriano B., 2003. Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, vol. especial monográfico 1: 1-337.
- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN:0-674-02343-9
Wikidata ☰ Q3196931 entry
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