see text The Icaleptidae are a small family of neotropical harvestmen within the suborder Laniatores.
[1] The name of the type genus is combined from Ica, a Chibchan people inhabiting the slopes of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, and the second half of the genus Gonyleptes (Gonyleptidae), the first described harvestman in Laniatores.
[2] The two described species have their fourth pair of legs ventrally inserted, giving them a flea-like habitus.
[1] Although Icaleptidae have until now only been described from Ecuador (Cotopaxi) and northern Colombia (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta), they are expected to occur in Venezuela.
[1] This new family is closely related to Zalmoxidae and Fissiphalliidae.