Kimulidae is a small neotropical family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about thirty described species. (2007): Kimulidae. Kury & Pérez in Kury, 2003. In: Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 207ff
Description These brown harvestmen dwell in soil and litter.
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. Another Brazilian species, Microminua soerenseni Rio de Janeiro, does not belong to this family.Kury 2003
Relationships Kimulidae are probably closely related to Escadabiidae.
Name This family was originally called Minuidae, but as the name of the type genus proved invalid, the family name needed a replacement.
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)
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 's Biology Catalog: Minuidae , 2003. Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, vol. especial monográfico 1: 1-337. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press