Genus Metabiantes Roewer, 1915

Metabiantes Roewer, 1915: 28 . Type species: Biantes pusulosus Loman, 1898, by subsequent designation of Roewer 1949: 248.

Spinibiantes Roewer, 1915: 27 . Type species: Hinzuanius leighi Pocock 1902, by monotypy. Synonymy established by Lawrence (1931: 354).

Biantiplus Roewer, 1949: 250 . Type species: Metabiantes zuluanus Lawrence, 1937, by original designation. Synonymy established by Kauri (1961: 40).

Metabiantes – Roewer 1923: 133; 1949: 248; 1961: 44. — Lawrence 1931: 354; 1949: 17; 1957: 60; 1962: 22; 1963: 282. — Kauri 1961: 17; 1985: 73. — Staręga 1992: 365.

Spinibiantes – Roewer 1923: 140; 1949: 249.

Included species

Metabiantes armatus Lawrence, 1962, M. barbertonensis Lawrence, 1963, M. basutoanus Kaury, 1961, M. caracticus Kaury, 1961, M. convexus Roewer, 1949, M. elongatus sp. nov., M. filipes (Roewer, 1912), M. flavus Lawrence, 1949, M. hanstroemi Kauri, 1961, M. herculeus sp. nov., M. incertus Kauri, 1961, M. insulanus (Roewer, 1949), M. jeanneli (Roewer, 1913), M. kakololius Kauri, 1985, M. kaurii sp. nov., M. kivuensis sp. nov., M. kosibaiensis Kauri, 1961, M. lawrencei Starega, 1992, M. leighi (Pocock, 1902), M. litoralis Kauri, 1961, M. longipes (Kauri, 1985), M. machadoi Lawrence, 1957, M. meraculus (Loman, 1898), M. minutus Kauri, 1985, M. montanus Kauri, 1985, M. obscurus Kauri, 1961, M. parvulus Kauri, 1985, M. perustus Lawrence, 1963, M. pumilio Roewer, 1927, M. punctatus (Sørensen, 1910), M. pusulosus (Loman, 1898), M. rudebecki Kauri, 1961, M. serratus sp. nov., M. stanleyi Kauri, 1985, M. submontanus Kauri, 1985, M. teres Lawrence, 1963, M. teretipes Lawrence, 1962, M. traegardhi Kauri, 1961, M. trifasciatus Roewer, 1915, M. ulindinus Kauri, 1985, M. unicolor (Roewer, 1912), M. urbanus Kauri, 1961, M. varius Kauri, 1961, M. zuluanus Lawrence, 1937, and M. zuurbergianus Kauri, 1961 .

Distribution

Afrotropical: Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea *, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Remarks

* Santos & Prieto (2009) recorded Metabiantes spp. for Equatorial Guinea (Muni River, Motora River (Mitong), Congüe River, and Etembue), but the identity of this species has not been clarified yet.