Samoidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with about fifty described species.
The body length of members of this family ranges from about two to almost six millimeters. They are dull light brown to yellow or green yellow with darker mottling, and sometimes dark brown.
Samoidae from Polynesia, Melanesia, Australia, Mexico, the West Indies and Venezuela are all remarkably similar, while the species from Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles and Indonesia do at least in part not belong to this family.
The relationship with other families in the Samooidea is not yet understood.
The name of the type genus is derived from the type locality Samoa.
Akdalima Silhavy, 1977Akdalima jamaicana V. Silhavy, 1979 — JamaicaAkdalima vomeroi Silhavy, 1977 — MexicoArganotus Silhavy, 1977Arganotus macrochelis (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1953) — MexicoArganotus robustus V. Silhavy, 1979 — HaitiArganotus strinatii V. Silhavy, 1979 — GuatemalaBadessa Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886Badessa ampycoides Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886 — FijiBadessania Roewer, 1949Badessania metatarsalis Roewer, 1949 — New South WalesBenoitinus M. Rambla, 1983Benoitinus elegans M. Rambla, 1983 — SeychellesCornigera M. A. González-Sponga, 1987Cornigera flava M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — VenezuelaFeretrius Simon, 1879Feretrius quadrioculatus (L. Koch, 1865) — SamoaFijicolana Roewer, 1963Fijicolana tuberculata Roewer, 1963 — MelanesiaHovanoceros Lawrence, 1959Hovanoceros bison Lawrence, 1959Hummelinckiolus V. Silhavy, 1979Hummelinckiolus parvus V. Silhavy, 1979 — Leeward Islands (Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis)† Hummelinckiolus silhavyi Cokendolpher & Poinar, 1998 — fossil: Dominican amberKalominua Sørensen, 1932 — VenezuelaKalominua alta (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)Kalominua bicolor Sørensen, 1932Kalominua bromeliaca (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)Kalominua inermichela (H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981)Kalominua leonensis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)Kalominua manueli (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)Kalominua minuta (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)Kalominua tiarensis (M. A. González-Sponga, 1987)Malgaceros Lawrence, 1959Malgaceros boviceps Lawrence, 1959Maracaynatum Roewer, 1949Maracaynatum cubanum V. Silhavy, 1979 — CubaMaracaynatum linaresi (H. E. M. Soares & S. Avram, 1981) — VenezuelaMaracaynatum mariaeteresae M. A. González-Sponga, 1987 — VenezuelaMaracaynatum orchidearum Roewer, 1949 — VenezuelaMaracaynatum stridulans V. Silhavy, 1979 — CubaMaracaynatum trinidadense V. Silhavy, 1979 — TrinidadMicroconomma Roewer, 1915Microconomma armatipes Roewer, 1915 — CameroonMitraceras Loman, 1902 — SeychellesMitraceras crassipalpum Loman, 1902Mitraceras pulchra M. Rambla, 1983Neocynortina Goodnight & Goodnight, 1983Neocynortina dixoni Goodnight & Goodnight, 1983 — Costa RicaOrsa V. Silhavy, 1979Orsa daphne V. Silhavy, 1979 — HaitiParasamoa Goodnight & Goodnight, 1957Parasamoa gressitti Goodnight & Goodnight, 1957Pellobunus Banks, 1905Pellobunus camburalesi M. Rambla, 1978 — VenezuelaPellobunus haitiensis (V. Silhavy, 1979) — HaitiPellobunus insularis Banks, 1905 — Costa Rica, PanamaPellobunus insulcatus (Roewer, 1954) — El SalvadorPellobunus longipalpus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 — TrinidadPellobunus mexicanus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1971 — Mexico† Pellobunus proavus J. C. Cokendolpher, 1987 — fossil: Dominican amberPellobunus trispinatus Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947 — TrinidadReventula V. Silhavy, 1979Reventula amabilis V. Silhavy, 1979 — JamaicaSamoa Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886Samoa variabilis Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886 — SamoaSamoa obscura Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886 — SamoaSamoa sechellana M. Rambla, 1983 — SeychellesSawaiellus Roewer, 1949Sawaiellus berlandi Roewer, 1949 — SamoaTetebius Roewer, 1949Tetebius latibunus Roewer, 1949 — Tete, MozambiqueVlachiolus V. Silhavy, 1979Vlachiolus vojtechi V. Silhavy, 1979 — CubaWaigeucola Roewer, 1949Waigeucola palpalis Roewer, 1949 — Indonesia