FAMILY Biantidae Thorell, 1889:670 [as Biantoidae] [=Hinzuanidae Pocock, 1903] SUBFAMILY Biantinae Thorell, 1889 [Roewer 1912:169] GENUS Anaceros Lawrence, 1959:73 [placement?; Madagascar] SPECIES Anaceros anodonta Lawrence, 1959:77 SPECIES Anaceros canidens Lawrence, 1959:77 SPECIES Anaceros humilis Lawrence, 1959:74 [type] SPECIES Anaceros pauliani Lawrence, 1959:76 GENUS Biantella Roewer, 1927:304 [gen. nov. 1949:249?] SPECIES Biantella reticulata Roewer, 1927:304 [type; Cameroon] GENUS Biantes Simon, 1885:25 [=Acudorsum Loman, 1902:209] [Rambla 1983 syn.; type is albimanum] [=Biantops Roewer, 1949:248] [type is fuscipes; syn. Kury; valid by Kury??] [=Hoplobiantes Roewer, 1915:27] [type is lecithodes; syn. Kury] SPECIES Biantes albimanum (Loman, 1902):209 [male, female; Seychelles] [=Acudorsum albimanum Loman, 1902] SPECIES Biantes aelleni Silhavý, 1973:805 SPECIES Biantes annapurnae J. Martens, 1978:390 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes atroluteus Roewer, 1914:119 [India] SPECIES Biantes brevis J. Martens, 1978:405 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes carli Roewer, 1929:615 [India] SPECIES Biantes conspersus Roewer, 1927:299 [Bombay] SPECIES Biantes dilatatus J. Martens, 1978:408 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes fuscipes Thorell, 1890:357 [type; Pinang] SPECIES Biantes gandaki J. Martens, 1978:386 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes gandakoides J. Martens, 1978:389 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes ganesh J. Martens, 1978:403 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes godavari J. Martens, 1978:407 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes gurung J. Martens, 1978:384 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes jirel J. Martens, 1978:398 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes kathmandicus J. Martens, 1978:391 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes lecithodes Thorell, 1899:671 [male, female; type; Burma] SPECIES Biantes longimanus Simon, 1885:25 [type; male, female; India] SPECIES Biantes magar J. Martens, 1978:376 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes minimus M. Rambla, 1983:77 [Seychelles] SPECIES Biantes newar J. Martens, 1978:380 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes parvulus (Herbst, 1911):393 [Seychelles] [=Hinzuanius parvulus Herbst, 1911] SPECIES Biantes pernepalicus J. Martens, 1978:368 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes quadrituberculatus Roewer, 1929:614 [India] SPECIES Biantes rarensis J. Martens, 1978:375 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes sherpa J. Martens, 1978:393 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes simplex J. Martens, 1978:411 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes thakkhali J. Martens, 1978:365 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes thamang J. Martens, 1978:400 [Nepal] SPECIES Biantes vitellinus Thorell, 1890:727 [Sumatra] GENUS Biantessus Roewer, 1949b:254 [=Biantanius Roewer, 1949:254] [type is vertebralis; syn. Kury] SPECIES Biantessus vertebralis (Lawrence, 1933):219 [S.Afr.] [=Metabiantes vertebralis Lawrence, 1933] SPECIES Biantessus nigrotarsus (Lawrence, 1933):215 [type; S.Afr.] [=Metabiantes nigrotarsus Lawrence, 1933] GENUS Biantomma Roewer, 1942:244 SPECIES Biantomma nigrospinosum Roewer, 1942:244Po [type; Fernando ] GENUS Clinobiantes Roewer, 1927:302 SPECIES Clinobiantes paradoxus Roewer, 1927:302 [type; Cameroon] GENUS Cryptobiantes Kauri, 1962:63 SPECIES Cryptobiantes protector Kauri, 1961:64 [type] GENUS Eubiantes Roewer, 1915:27 SPECIES Eubiantes africanus Roewer, 1915:31 [type; e.Afr.] GENUS Fageibiantes Roewer, 1949b:253 [=Fageibantes Lawrence, 1959] [misspelling] SPECIES Fageibiantes bicornis (Fage, 1946):264 [type; Madagascar] [=Biantes bicornis Fage, 1946] SPECIES Fageibiantes bispina (Lawrence, 1959):91 [=Fageibantes bispina Lawrence, 1959] GENUS Hinzuanius Karsch, 1880:402 [=Acrobiantes Roewer, 1915:27] [syn. Starega 1989; type vittatus?] [=Biantica Roewer, 1949:252] [syn. Starega 1989; type is comorensis] [=Hovabiantes Lawrence, 1959:92] [type is comoroensis; obj. syn. Starega 1989] [=Biantula Roewer, 1949:252] [type is gracilis] [=Biantidius Roewer, 1949:252] [type is bicolor] SPECIES Hinzuanius africanus Pavesi, 1883:88 [redescribed Roewer 1949:250; Ethiopia] SPECIES Hinzuanius comorensis (Roewer, 1949b):253 [Komoren] [=Biantica comorensis Roewer, 1949b] SPECIES Hinzuanius flaviventris (Pocock, 1903b):200 [Sokotra] [=Biantes flaviventris Pocock, 1903b] [=Biantes bicolor Pocock, 1903b:200] SPECIES Hinzuanius gracilis (Roewer, 1949b):252 [Madagascar] [=Biantula gracilis Roewer, 1949b] [=Acrobiantes nigroannulatus Lawrence, 1959:115] [syn. Starega 1992] SPECIES Hinzuanius indicus (Roewer, 1915) [=Acrobiantes indicus Roewer, 1915] SPECIES Hinzuanius insulanus Karsch, 1880:402 [type; male; Komoren] SPECIES Hinzuanius littoralis (Lawrence, 1959):113 [syn. Starega 1992] [=Acrobiantes littoralis Lawrence, 1959] SPECIES Hinzuanius madagassis (Roewer, 1949b):253 [Madagascar] [=Biantica madagassis Roewer, 1949b] SPECIES Hinzuanius mauriticus Roewer, 1927:298 [redescribed Roewer 1949:250] [=Probiantes mauriticus Roewer, 1949:248] [syn. Starega 1992; Mauritius] SPECIES Hinzuanius milloti (Fage, 1946):262 [syn. Starega 1992; Madagascar] [=Biantes milloti Fage, 1946] SPECIES Hinzuanius pardalis (Lawrence, 1959):108 [syn. Starega 1992] [=Acrobiantes pardalis Lawrence, 1959] [=Acrobiantes brevispinus Lawrence, 1959:109] [syn. Starega 1992] [=Acrobiantes minor Lawrence, 1959:114] [syn. Starega 1992] SPECIES Hinzuanius pauliani (Lawrence, 1959):98 [syn. Starega 1992] [=Hovabiantes pauliani Lawrence, 1959] [=Biantes scaber Lawrence, 1959:104] [syn. Starega 1992] SPECIES Hinzuanius tenebrosus (Lawrence, 1959):105 [syn. Starega 1992] [=Biantes tenebrosus Lawrence, 1959] SPECIES Hinzuanius vittatus (Simon, 1885):24 [was in Acrobiantes; male, female; Madagascar] [=Biantes vittatus Simon, 1885] [=Hinzuanius hildebrandti Roewer, 1912:172] [syn. Starega 1992] [=Hovabiantes immaculatus Lawrence, 1959:96] [syn. Starega 1992] [=Hovabiantes vachoni Lawrence, 1959:94] [syn. Starega 1992] [=Hovabiantes simplicidens Lawrence, 1959:95] [syn. Starega 1992] GENUS Ivobiantes Lawrence, 1965:800 SPECIES Ivobiantes spinipalpis Lawrence, 1965:801 [type] GENUS Metabiantes Roewer, 1915:27 [=Biantiplus Roewer, 1949:250] [type is zuluanus; syn. Kury] [=Spinibiantes Roewer, 1915:27] [type is leighi; syn. Kury] SPECIES Metabiantes armatus Lawrence, 1962:24 SPECIES Metabiantes barbertonensis Lawrence, 1963:284 SPECIES Metabiantes basutoanus Kauri, 1961:36 SPECIES Metabiantes cataracticus Kauri, 1961:51 SPECIES Metabiantes convexus Roewer, 1949b:248 [Starega 1992?; Rewenzori, E.Afr.] SPECIES Metabiantes filipes (Roewer, 1912):178 [male, female; Cameroon] [=Biantes filipes Roewer, 1912] SPECIES Metabiantes flavus Lawrence, 1949:17 [as flava!; Angola] SPECIES Metabiantes hanstroemi Kauri, 1961:53 SPECIES Metabiantes incertus Kauri, 1961:31 SPECIES Metabiantes insulanus (Roewer, 1949):249Island,W.Afr. [placed Starega 1992; male; Principe ] [=Spinibiantes insulanus Roewer, 1949] SPECIES Metabiantes jeanneli (Roewer, 1913):15 [male, female; Kenya] [=Biantes jeanneli Roewer, 1913] SPECIES Metabiantes kakololius H. Kauri, 1985:76 [Zaire] SPECIES Metabiantes kosibaiensis Kauri, 1961:47 SPECIES Metabiantes lawrencei Starega, 1992 [=Metabiantes obscurus Lawrence, 1962:24] [praeoc. Kauri 1961] SPECIES Metabiantes leighi (Pocock, 1902):412 [type; misspelled generic name Hinzuanus; in Metabiantes?; redescribed Roewer 1949:249; poss. Lawrence 1933 $218 ?; Natal] [=Hinzuanius leighi Pocock, 1902] SPECIES Metabiantes litoralis Kauri, 1961:56 SPECIES Metabiantes longipes H. Kauri, 1985:75 [Zaire] SPECIES Metabiantes machadoi Lawrence, 1957:60 SPECIES Metabiantes maximus Lawrence, 1931:356 [S.Afr.] SPECIES Metabiantes meraculus (Loman, 1898):522 [male, female; Capland] [=Biantes meraculus Loman, 1898] SPECIES Metabiantes minutus H. Kauri, 1985:79 [Zaire] SPECIES Metabiantes montanus H. Kauri, 1985:77 [Zaire] SPECIES Metabiantes obscurus Kauri, 1961:23 SPECIES Metabiantes parvulus H. Kauri, 1985:78 [Zaire] SPECIES Metabiantes perustus Lawrence, 1963:283 SPECIES Metabiantes pumilio Roewer, 1927:300 SPECIES Metabiantes punctatus (Sørensen, 1910):71 [male, female; e.Afr.] [=Biantes punctatus Sørensen, 1910] SPECIES Metabiantes pusulosus (Loman, 1898):522 [type; see Lawrence 1933:219; male, female; Natal] [=Biantes pusulosus Loman, 1898] SPECIES Metabiantes rudebecki Kauri, 1961:33 SPECIES Metabiantes stanleyi H. Kauri, 1985:74 [Zaire] SPECIES Metabiantes submontanus H. Kauri, 1985:80 [Zaire] SPECIES Metabiantes teres Lawrence, 1963:282 SPECIES Metabiantes teretipes Lawrence, 1962:26 SPECIES Metabiantes traegardhi Kauri, 1961:38 SPECIES Metabiantes trifasciatus Roewer, 1915:28 [male, female; e.Afr.] SPECIES Metabiantes ulindinus H. Kauri, 1985:80 [Zaire] SPECIES Metabiantes unicolor (Roewer, 1912):178 [male; Kenya] [=Biantes unicolor Roewer, 1912] SPECIES Metabiantes urbanus Kauri, 1961:61 SPECIES Metabiantes varius Kauri, 1961:58 SPECIES Metabiantes zuluanus Lawrence, 1937b:262 [type; Natal] SPECIES Metabiantes zuurbergianus Kauri, 1961:25 GENUS Monobiantes Lawrence, 1962:21 SPECIES Monobiantes benoiti Lawrence, 1962:22 [type] GENUS Probiantes Roewer, 1927:301 SPECIES Probiantes croceus Roewer, 1927:301 [type; Bombay] SUBFAMILY Lacurbsinae Lawrence, 1959 GENUS Eulacurbs Roewer, 1949b:254 SPECIES Eulacurbs paradoxa Roewer, 1949b:254 [type; GoldCoast] GENUS Heterolacurbs Roewer, 1912:183 SPECIES Heterolacurbs ovalis Roewer, 1912:184 [type; male; Togo] GENUS Lacurbs Sørensen, 1896:177 [removed from Biantidae by Martens 1978?] SPECIES Lacurbs spinosa Sørensen, 1896:178 [type; male, female; Cameroon] SPECIES Lacurbs nigrimana Roewer, 1912:181 [male; IvoryCoast] GENUS Metalacurbs Roewer, 1914:120 SPECIES Metalacurbs cornipes (Roewer, 1958) [=Prolacurbs cornipes Roewer, 1958] SPECIES Metalacurbs oedipus (Roewer, 1958) [=Prolacurbs oedipus Roewer, 1958] SPECIES Metalacurbs simoni Roewer, 1914:121 [type; male; w.Afr.] SPECIES Metalacurbs villiersi (Roewer, 1953) [=Prolacurbs villiersi Roewer, 1953] GENUS Prolacurbs Roewer, 1949:256 SPECIES Prolacurbs singularis Roewer, 1949:256 [male; type; GoldCoast] SUBFAMILY Stenostygninae Roewer, 1913:162 [was in Stygnidae: Kury] [=Caribbiantinae Silhavý, 1973:133] [syn. Rocha 1995] GENUS Bidoma Silhavý, 1973:412 SPECIES Bidoma indivisa Silhavý, 1973:143 [type; Haiti] GENUS Caribbiantes Silhavý, 1973:135 SPECIES Caribbiantes cubanus Silhavý, 1973:135 [type; Cuba] GENUS Decuella Avram, 1977:134 SPECIES Decuella cubaorientalis Avram, 1977:134 [type; Cuba] GENUS Galibrotus Silhavý, 1973:136 SPECIES Galibrotus carlotanus Silhavý, 1973:137 [type; Cuba] SPECIES Galibrotus matiasis Avram, 1977:125 [Cuba] SPECIES Galibrotus riedeli Silhavý, 1973:137 [Cuba] GENUS Manahunca Silhavý, 1973:140 SPECIES Manahunca bielawskii Silhavý, 1973:140 [type; Cuba] SPECIES Manahunca cuevajibarae Avram, 1977:126 [Cuba] SPECIES Manahunca silhavyi Avram, 1977:127 [Cuba] GENUS Martibianta Silhavý, 1973:139 SPECIES Martibianta virginsulana Silhavý, 1973:139 [type; VirginIslands] GENUS Negreaella Avram, 1977:128 SPECIES Negreaella fundorai Avram, 1977:132 [Cuba] SPECIES Negreaella palenquensis Avram, 1977:131 [Cuba] SPECIES Negreaella rioindiocubanicola Avram, 1977:133 [Cuba] SPECIES Negreaella vinai Avram, 1977:130 [Cuba] SPECIES Negreaella yumuriensis Avram, 1977:129 [type; Cuba] GENUS Stenostygnus Simon, 1879:224 SPECIES Stenostygnus pusio Simon, 1879:224 [type; female; Brazil+Fr.Guiana(Cayenne)+Colombia+Ecuador] GENUS Vestitecola Silhavý, 1973:142 SPECIES Vestitecola haitensis Silhavý, 1973:142 [type; Haiti] SUBFAMILY Zairebiantinae Kauri, 1985 [placement?] GENUS Zairebiantes H. Kauri, 1985:81 SPECIES Zairebiantes microphthalmus H. Kauri, 1985:82 [type; Zaire]