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

[1][2] The Tithaeidae are endemic to East and South-east Asia.

[1][3][4] They are typically relatively small harvestmen, often dwelling in leaf litter.

The type genus Tithaeus is derived from Ancient Greek, which Thorell (1890) states in a footnote as "Τιθαιος, nom.

This possibly reflects Herodotus's The Histories, Book VII: "The captains of horse were Harmamithres and Tithaeus, sons of Datis" [1]