Tithaeidae

Tithaeidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores, Epedanoidea with about 40 described species.

The Tithaeidae are endemic to East and South-east Asia.

Description
They are typically relatively small harvestmen, often dwelling in leaf litter.

Name
The type genus Tithaeus is derived from Ancient Greek, which Thorell (1890) states in a footnote as "Τιθαιος, nom. prop. person". This possibly reflects Herodotus's The Histories, Book VII: "The captains of horse were Harmamithres and Tithaeus, sons of Datis"

Genera

 * Istithaeus Roewer, 1949
 * Kondosus Roewer, 1949
 * Sterrhosoma Thorell, 1891
 * Tithaeomma Roewer, 1949
 * Tithaeus Thorell, 1890


 * †Ellenbergellus Bartel, Dunlop, Sharma, Selden, Ren & Shih, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian