Pérez-González, Abel;Ayala-Apaza, Arli G.;Pereira, Maria Paula
Agoristenidae
Sign in to saveAgoristenidae are a neotropical harvestman family of the Suborder Laniatores, in the superfamily Gonyleptoidea.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 51
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Agoristenidae
- Collections
- MCZ, DMNS, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA)
- Recorded in
- Colombia, Trinidad And Tobago, Ecuador, United States, French Guiana, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Peru
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Gonyleptoidea
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- taxon name
- Agoristenidae
- taxon rank
- family
- Commons category
- Agoristenidae
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Name
- Description
- Distribution
- Relationships
- Species
- Agoristeninae
- Globibuninae
- Leiosteninae
- Agoristenidae ''Insertae sedis''
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Agoristenidae are a neotropical harvestman family of the Suborder Laniatores, in the superfamily Gonyleptoidea.
==Name== The name of the type genus is a combination of Ancient Greek agora "gathering" and stenos "few", referring to the rarity of the family at the time of its discovery.
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