Cranaidae

Cranaidae
Phareicranaus gracilis (Pinto-da-Rocha & Kury, 2003) - Ecuador - from flickr. Copyright © Arthur Anker
Suborder	Laniatores
Infraorder	Grassatores
Superfamily	Gonyleptoidea

Cranaidae Roewer, 1913 is a Neotropical family of Gonyleptoidea with about 165 species, mainly occurring in Andes and Amazonia.

Included subfamilies

Cranainae Roewer, 1913
Heterocranainae Roewer, 1913
Prostygninae Roewer, 1913
Stygnicranainae Roewer, 1913
Zamorinae Kury, 1997

Review

Cranaidae is currently the subject of a Ph.D. revisory project lead by Osvaldo Villarreal in the Museu Nacional.

Additional images - Gallery

Phareicranaus manauara (Pinto-da-Rocha, 1994), male from Manaus. Photo copyright © by Sidclay Dias [1], from flickr [2].

Clinocippus albater Roewer, 1932. Cranaidae, Ecuador. From flickr. Photo copyright © Paul Bertner [3].

Heterocranaus sp., male. San Miguel de los Bancos, Pichincha, Ecuador. From flickr. Photo copyright © Paul Bertner [4].

Phareicranaus curvipes - Aragua state, Venezuela.

Unidentified cranaid from Colombia

Unidentified cranaid from Colombia

Phareicranaus sp. from Colombia

Phareicranaus sp. from Colombia

Holocranaus sp. from Colombia

Holocranaus sp. from Colombia

Unidentified cranaid from Colombia

Unidentified cranaid from Colombia

Unidentified cranaid from Colombia

Unidentified cranaid from Colombia

Unidentified Stygnicranainae from Colombia - Male, dorsal view.

Unidentified Stygnicranainae from Colombia - Female, dorsal view.

Unidentified Stygnicranainae from Colombia - Male, lateral view.