The Manaosbiidae are a family of neotropical harvestmen within the suborder Laniatores.
The name of the type genus is combined from Manaus and Ancient Greek bios "living".
Body length ranges from about three to ten millimeters. Most species are dark brown with black mottling. Appendages are in general much lighter, often with dark rings.
The Manaosbiidae occur south from Panama, with a southern limit in Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil). They inhabit lowland Amazonian rainforest up to submontane Andean forests, dry forests in Central America, and riparian forests in Brazil.
The relationship of Manaosbiidae with other families within the Gonyleptoidea is unclear.
Azulamus Roewer, 1957Azulamus scabrissimus Roewer, 1957 — PeruBarrona Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942Barrona williamsi Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942 — PanamaBelemnodes Strand, 1942Belemnodes scaber (Roewer, 1932)Belemulus Roewer, 1932Belemulus annulatus Roewer, 1932 — BrazilBugabitia Roewer, 1915Bugabitia triacantha Roewer, 1915 — PanamaCamelianus Roewer, 1912Camelianus fuhrmanni Roewer, 1912 — ColombiaClavicranaus Roewer, 1915Clavicranaus tarsalis Roewer, 1915 — Suriname, BrazilCucutacola Mello-Leitão, 1940Cucutacola nigra Mello-Leitão, 1940 — ColombiaDibunostra Roewer, 1943Dibunostra ypsilon Roewer, 1943 — VenezuelaGonogotus Roewer, 1943Gonogotus areolatus Roewer, 1943 — ColombiaManaosbia Roewer, 1943Manaosbia scopulata Roewer, 1943 — BrazilMazarunius Roewer, 1943Mazarunius oedipus Roewer, 1943 — GuyanaMeridia Roewer, 1913Meridia palpalis Roewer, 1913 — VenezuelaMeridia gracilis (Roewer, 1913) — SurinameNarcellus Kury & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2011Narcellus balthazar (Roewer, 1932) — Winward IslandsNarcellus montgomeryi (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947) — TrinidadParamicrocranaus H. Soares, 1970Paramicrocranaus difficilis H. Soares, 1970 — BrazilPentacranaus Roewer, 1963Pentacranaus niger Roewer, 1963 — PeruPoassa Roewer, 1943Poassa limbata Roewer, 1943 — Costa RicaPoecilocranaus Roewer, 1943Poecilocranaus gratiosus Roewer, 1943 — VenezuelaRhopalocranaus Roewer, 1913Rhopalocranaus albilineatus Roewer, 1932 — TrinidadRhopalocranaus apiculatus Roewer, 1932 — BrazilRhopalocranaus aspersus Roewer, 1932 — BrazilRhopalocranaus atroluteus Roewer, 1913 — ColombiaRhopalocranaus bordoni Silhavy, 1979 — VenezuelaRhopalocranaus crulsi Mello-Leitão, 1932Rhopalocranaus festae Roewer, 1925 — EcuadorRhopalocranaus gracilis Roewer, 1913 — VenezuelaRhopalocranaus limbatus (Schenkel, 1953) — VenezuelaRhopalocranaus marginatus Roewer, 1913 — French Giuana, BrazilRhopalocranaus robustus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942 — GuyanaRhopalocranaus tenuis (Roewer, 1943) — SurinameRhopalocranaus tuberculatus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942 — GuyanaRhopalocranaus ypsilon Roewer, 1913 — ColombiaRhopalocranellus Roewer, 1925Rhopalocranellus festae Roewer, 1925 — EcuadorSanvincentia Roewer, 1943Sanvincentia tarsalis Roewer, 1943 — Virgin Islands, St. VincentSaramacia Roewer, 1913Saramacia alvarengai Kury, 1997 — BrazilSaramacia annulata (Mello-Leitão, 1931) — BrazilSaramacia aurilimbata Roewer, 1913 — SurinameSaramacia lucasae (R. d. L. S. Jim & H. E. M. Soares, 1991) — BrazilSemostrus Roewer, 1943Semostrus tarsalis Roewer, 1943 — ColombiaSyncranaus Roewer, 1913Syncranaus cribrum Roewer, 1913 — BrazilTegyra Sørensen, 1932Tegyra cinnamomea Sørensen, 1932 — PeruZygopachylus Chamberlin, 1925Zygopachylus albomarginis Chamberlin, 1925 — Panamaunknown genusunknown genus calcar (Roewer, 1943) — Venezuelaunknown genus albituberculatus (Roewer, 1943) — Guyanaunknown genus strinatii (V. Silhavy, 1979) — Venezuela