Metabiantes Roewer, 1915

Mamani, Vanesa, Jocqué, Merlijn & Pérez-González, Abel, 2025, Notes on African Biantinae with sexual dimorphism in leg II: five new Metabiantes species and redescription of Clinobiantes paradoxus (Opiliones: Laniatores: Biantidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 1006, pp. 1-58 : 10-11

Genus Metabiantes Roewer, 1915

Metabiantes Roewer, 1915: 28 . Type species: Biantes pusulosus Loman, 1898 , by subsequent designation of Roewer 1949: 248.

Spinibiantes Roewer, 1915: 27 . Type species: Hinzuanius leighi Pocock 1902 , by monotypy. Synonymy established by Lawrence (1931: 354).

Biantiplus Roewer, 1949: 250 . Type species: Metabiantes zuluanus Lawrence, 1937 , by original designation. Synonymy established by Kauri (1961: 40).

Metabiantes – Roewer 1923: 133; 1949: 248; 1961: 44. — Lawrence 1931: 354; 1949: 17; 1957: 60; 1962: 22; 1963: 282. — Kauri 1961: 17; 1985: 73. — Staręga 1992: 365.

Spinibiantes – Roewer 1923: 140; 1949: 249.

Included species

Metabiantes armatus Lawrence, 1962 , M. barbertonensis Lawrence, 1963 , M. basutoanus Kaury, 1961 , M. caracticus Kaury, 1961 , M. convexus Roewer, 1949 , M. elongatus sp. nov., M. filipes ( Roewer, 1912) , M. flavus Lawrence, 1949 , M. hanstroemi Kauri, 1961 , M. herculeus sp. nov., M. incertus Kauri, 1961 , M. insulanus ( Roewer, 1949) , M. jeanneli ( Roewer, 1913) , M. kakololius Kauri, 1985 , M. kaurii sp. nov., M. kivuensis sp. nov., M. kosibaiensis Kauri, 1961 , M. lawrencei Starega, 1992 , M. leighi ( Pocock, 1902) , M. litoralis Kauri, 1961 , M. longipes ( Kauri, 1985) , M. machadoi Lawrence, 1957 , M. meraculus ( Loman, 1898) , M. minutus Kauri, 1985 , M. montanus Kauri, 1985 , M. obscurus Kauri, 1961 , M. parvulus Kauri, 1985 , M. perustus Lawrence, 1963 , M. pumilio Roewer, 1927 , M. punctatus ( Sørensen, 1910) , M. pusulosus ( Loman, 1898) , M. rudebecki Kauri, 1961 , M. serratus sp. nov., M. stanleyi Kauri, 1985 , M. submontanus Kauri, 1985 , M. teres Lawrence, 1963 , M. teretipes Lawrence, 1962 , M. traegardhi Kauri, 1961 , M. trifasciatus Roewer, 1915 , M. ulindinus Kauri, 1985 , M. unicolor ( Roewer, 1912) , M. urbanus Kauri, 1961 , M. varius Kauri, 1961 , M. zuluanus Lawrence, 1937 , and M. zuurbergianus Kauri, 1961 .

Distribution

Afrotropical: Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea *, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Remarks

* Santos & Prieto (2009) recorded Metabiantes spp. for Equatorial Guinea (Muni River, Motora River (Mitong), Congüe River, and Etembue), but the identity of this species has not been clarified yet.