see text Agoristenidae are a neotropical harvestman family of the Suborder Laniatores, in the superfamily Gonyleptoidea.
The name of the type genus is a combination of Ancient Greek agora "gathering" and stenos "few", referring to the rarity of the family at the time of its discovery.
Some show yellow stripes or white or green patches.
In older schemes, the now obsolete "Zamorinae" were the basal clade, with Agoristeninae and Leiosteninae as sister groups.
[1] Stygnopsidae "Zamorinae" Agoristeninae Leiosteninae other Gonyleptoidea (after Kury 1997b, 1997c) Excluded from Agoristenidae, now placed elsewhere: