Sidaminae

Marua spinosa, from Roewer (1935).

Belongs within: Assamiidae.

The Sidaminae are a group of assamiid harvestmen found in Africa with large ventral spines on the pedipalp.

Characters (from Santos & Prieto 2010): Femur of pedipalp with large ventral spines; distitarsus I two-segmented; metatarsus II undivided; tarsi III and IV with smooth claws.

<==Sidaminae [Maruinae] SP10
    |--Eusidama Roewer 1913 R35
    |    `--*E. minima Roewer 1913 S92
    |--Edeala Roewer 1927 R35
    |    `--*E. palpiplus Roewer 1927 S92
    |--Blantyrea Roewer 1912 R35
    |    `--*B. armata Roewer 1912 S92
    |--Congolla Roewer 1935 R35
    |    `--*C. hispidipalpus Roewer 1935 R35
    |--Neosidama Roewer 1915 R35
    |    `--*N. longipes Roewer 1915 S92
    |--Congonia Roewer 1935 R35
    |    `--*C. spinifrons Roewer 1935 R35
    |--Vilhena Lawrence 1949 L49
    |    `--*V. delicata Lawrence 1949 L49
    |--Scabrosidama Lawrence 1962 L62
    |    `--*S. serratichelis Lawrence 1962 S92
    |--Lisposidama Lawrence 1962 L62
    |    `--*L. filipes Lawrence 1962 S92
    |--Abanatus Roewer 1950 L62, S92
    |    `--*A. beloti Roewer 1950 S92
    |--Celimba Roewer 1940 L62, S92
    |    `--*C. parvula Roewer 1940 S92
    |--Fizibius Roewer 1961 L62, S92
    |    `--*F. proprius Roewer 1961 S92
    |--Mwenga Kauri 1985 K85
    |    `--*M. setosa Kauri 1985 S92
    |--Kituvia Kauri 1985 K85
    |    `--*K. spinifera Kauri 1985 S92
    |--Katangania Kauri 1985 K85
    |    `--*K. monticola Kauri 1985 S92
    |--Orsimonia Roewer 1935 R35 [incl. Othmar Roewer 1935 S92]
    |    |--*O. filipes Roewer 1935 S92
    |    `--O. gracillima (Roewer 1935) S92 [=*Othmar gracillimus R35]
    |--Amhara Pavesi 1897 SP10 [incl. Argobba Roewer 1935 S92, Harsadia Roewer 1935 S92; Harsadiinae]
    |    |--*A. grata Pavesi 1897 S92 [incl. *Harsadia spinosa Roewer 1935 R35, S92]
    |    `--A. nigrescens (Roewer 1935) S92 [=*Argobba nigrescens R35]
    |--Metasidama Roewer 1915 R35
    |    |--*M. ephippiata Roewer 1915 S92
    |    `--M. gracilis Lawrence 1962 S92
    |--Sidama Pavesi 1895 R35 [incl. Phezilbus Roewer 1935 S92]
    |    |--*S. moesta Pavesi 1895 S92
    |    `--S. abessinica Roewer 1912 R35 [incl. *Phezilbus spiniger Roewer 1935 R35, S92]
    `--Marua Roewer 1935 R35
         |--*M. spinosa Roewer 1935 S92
         `--M. schenkeli Roewer 1935 R35

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[K85] Kauri, H. 1985. Opiliones from central Africa. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika, Turveren, België, Zoologische Wetenschappen, Annalen 245: 1–167.

[L49] Lawrence, R. F. 1949. A collection of Opiliones and scorpions from north-east Angola made by Dr. A. de Barros Machados in 1948. Diamang Publicações Culturais 1949: 1–20.

[L62] Lawrence, R. F. 1962. Resultats scientifiques des missions zoologiques de l'I.R.S.A.C. en Afrique orientale (P. Basilewsky et N. Leleup, 1957). LXXIV. Opiliones. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale: Sciences Zoologiques 110: 9–89.

[R35] Roewer, C.-F. 1935. Alte und neue Assamiidae. Weitere Weberknechte VIII. (8. Ergänzung der “Weberknechte der Erde” 1923). Veröffentlichungen aus dem Deutschen Kolonial- und Uebersee-Museum in Bremen 1: 1–168.

[SP10] Santos, R. & C. E. Prieto. 2010. Los Assamiidae (Opiliones: Assamiidae) de Río Muni (Guinea Ecuatorial), con la descripción de ocho nuevas especies. Revista de Biologia Tropical 58 (1): 203–243.

[S92] Staręga, W. 1992. An annotated check-list of Afrotropical harvestmen, excluding the Phalangiidae (Opiliones). Annals of the Natal Museum 33 (2): 271–336.