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{{Short description|Family of harvestmen/daddy longlegs}}
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| taxon = Biantidae
| authority = Thorell, 1889
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| diversity = c. 30 genera, c. 130 species
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'''Biantidae''' is a family of the [[Opiliones|harvestman]] infraorder [[Grassatores]] with about 130 described species.<ref name=pinto-176ff>{{aut|Kury, Adriano B. & Pérez Gonzales, Abel}} (2007): Biantidae Thorell, 1889. In: Pinto-da-Rocha ''et al.'' 2007: 176ff</ref>
==Description==
Biantidae are between 1.5 and 5.5 millimeters long, with legs ranging from three to 25&nbsp;mm and enlarged, armed [[pedipalp]]s. Many species are [[mahogany (color)|mahogany]], many others yellow with dark mottling.<ref name=pinto-176ff/>
==Distribution==
Biantidae have radiated greatly on the [[Indian subcontinent]] and [[Madagascar]] (which was once connected to India), with many other species from mainland [[Africa]]. One subfamily however, the Stenostygninae, is found on the [[West Indies]], with one described species from mainland northern South America.<ref name=pinto-176ff/>
==Relationships==
Biantidae are included in the superfamily [[Samooidea]], which mainly radiated in [[South America]].<ref name=pinto-176ff/>
==Name==
The type genus is named after Biantes, the son of [[Parthenopaeus]], one of the [[Epigoni]] who marched against [[Ancient Thebes (Boeotia)|Thebes]] in [[Greek mythology]].<ref name=pinto-176ff/>
==Genera==
For a list of all described species, see the [[List of Biantidae species]].
===Biantinae===
* ''[[Anaceros]]'' <small>Lawrence, 1959</small> — [[Madagascar]] (4 species)
* ''[[Biantella]]'' <small>Roewer, 1927</small> — [[Cameroon]] (1 species)
* ''[[Biantes]]'' <small>Simon, 1885</small> — [[Nepal]], [[India]], [[Burma]], [[Sumatra]], [[Seychelles]] (30 species)
* ''[[Biantessus]]'' <small>Roewer, 1949</small> — [[South Africa]] (2 species)
* ''[[Biantomma]]'' <small>Roewer, 1942</small> — [[Bioko]] (1 species)
* ''[[Clinobiantes]]'' <small>Roewer, 1927</small> — Cameroon (1 species)
* ''[[Cryptobiantes]]'' <small>Kauri, 1962</small> (1 species)
* ''[[Eubiantes]]'' <small>Roewer, 1915</small> — eastern [[Africa]] (1 species)
* ''[[Fageibiantes]]'' <small>Roewer, 1949</small> — Madagascar (2 species)
* ''[[Hinzuanius]]'' <small>Karsch, 1880</small> — Madagascar, [[Socotra]], [[Comoros]], [[Ethiopia]] (14 species)
* ''[[Ivobiantes]]'' <small>Lawrence, 1965</small> (1 species)
* ''[[Metabiantes]]'' <small>Roewer, 1915</small> — Africa (41 species)
* ''[[Monobiantes]]'' <small>Lawrence, 1962</small> (1 species)
* ''[[Probiantes]]'' <small>Roewer, 1927</small> — India (1 species)
===Lacurbsinae===
* ''[[Eulacurbs]]'' <small>Roewer, 1949</small> — [[Ghana]] (1 species)
* ''[[Heterolacurbs]]'' <small>Roewer, 1912</small> — [[Togo]] (1 species)
* ''[[Lacurbs]]'' <small>Sørensen, 1896</small> — Cameroon, [[Ivory Coast]] (2 species)
* ''[[Metalacurbs]]'' <small>Roewer, 1914</small> — western Africa (4 species)
* ''[[Prolacurbs]]'' <small>Roewer, 1949</small> — Ghana (1 species)
===Stenostygninae===
* ''[[Bidoma]]'' <small>Silhavy, 1973</small> — [[Haiti]] (1 species)
* ''[[Caribbiantes]]'' <small>Silhavy, 1973</small> — [[Cuba]] (1 species)
* ''[[Decuella]]'' <small>Avram, 1977</small> — Cuba (1 species)
* ''[[Galibrotus]]'' <small>Silhavy, 1973</small> — Cuba (3 species)
* ''[[Heterolacurbs]]'' <small>Roewer, 1912</small> — Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands (2 species, inc. ''[[Martibianta]]'' <small>Silhavy, 1973</small>) (!After Hallan)
* ''[[Manahunca]]'' <small>Silhavy, 1973</small> — Cuba (3 species)
* ''[[Negreaella]]'' <small>Avram, 1977</small> — Cuba (5 species)
* ''[[Stenostygnus]]'' <small>Simon, 1879</small> — northern [[South America]] (1 species)
* ''[[Vestitecola]]'' <small>Silhavy, 1973</small> — Haiti (1 species)
===Zairebiantinae===
* ''[[Zairebiantes]]'' <small>H. Kauri, 1985</small> — [[Zaire]] (1 species)
==Footnotes==
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==References==
* {{aut|Joel Hallan}}'s Biology Catalog: [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Biantidae.txt Biantidae]
* {{aut|Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G.}} (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. ''Harvard University Press'' {{ISBN|0-674-02343-9}}
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[[Category:Harvestman families]]