Cynorta

Possible Cynorta, copyright Marshal Hedin.

Belongs within: Cosmetidae.

Cynorta is a diverse genus of cosmetid harvestmen found in Central and South America.

Characters (from González-Sponga 1992): Ocular tubercle elliptic, sub-elliptic or narrow; with varying intensity in the granulation. Lateral border of opisthosoma convex facing areas I to III. Areas not differentiated, tegument leathery or finely granular. Area III with or without spines or tubercles of varying thickness and height. Tergites with or without rows of granules. Distal segment of chelicerae hypertelic or normal, almost always presenting sexual dimorphism. Ambulatory legs with moderate, long, narrow femora IV, rarely presenting sexual dimorphism. Basal segments of tarsus I thickened. Tarsal segments of legs 1 = 5–6(3). Tarsal segments of legs II = 8–18(3–4). Claws not pectinated.

<==Cynorta Koch 1839 [incl. Abria Sørensen 1932] K03
    |--*C. conspersa (Perty 1833) [=Cosmetus conspersus, Poecilaema conspersum] K03
    |--C. albanalis Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. albiadspersa Roewer 1927 [=Poecilaema albiadspersum] K03
    |--C. albicruciata Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. albicurvata Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. albiornata Roewer 1912 K03
    |--C. albipicta Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. albituber Roewer 1952 K03
    |--C. alvarezi Beutelspacher 1988 K03
    |--C. aniuskae González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. annulata Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. arborescens Goodnight & Goodnight 1953 K03
    |--C. astora Goodnight & Goodnight 1942 K03
    |--C. azucaria Roewer 1959 K03
    |--C. barloventensis González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. bassleri Goodnight & Goodnight 1943 K03
    |--C. bifurcata Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. blasi Goodnight & Goodnight 1953 K03
    |--C. bochinchana González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. boconoensis González-Sponga 1998 K03
    |--C. bordoni Avram & Soares 1983 K03
    |--C. bromeliaca Goodnight & Goodnight 1949 K03
    |--C. bromeliacia Goodnight & Goodnight 1947 K03
    |--C. calcarapicalis Roewer 1912 [=C. calcarapicalus (l. c.)] K03
    |--C. calcarbasalis Roewer 1912 [=C. calcarbaralis (l. c.)] K03
    |--C. calycina Sørensen 1932 K03
    |--C. camachoi González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. cancellata Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. carapoensis González-Sponga 1997 K03
    |--C. cardenasi Goodnight & Goodnight 1945 K03
    |--C. carraoensis González-Sponga 1997 K03
    |--C. casa Goodnight & Goodnight 1953 K03
    |--C. casita Goodnight & Goodnight 1942 K03
    |--C. catenulata Roewer 1947 [=C. catenaluta (l. c.)] K03
    |--C. ceara Roewer 1927 K03
    |--C. churubusci Goodnight & Goodnight 1953 K03
    |--C. circumbrosa Roewer 1927 K03
    |--C. clavipus Roewer 1927 [=C. clavipes (l. c.) non Erginus clavipes Pickard-Cambridge 1905] K03
    |--C. clunipecten Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. columbiana Goodnight & Goodnight 1977 K03
    |--C. compressicoxa Avram & Soares 1983 K03
    |--C. coronata Caporiacco 1947 K03
    |--C. coxaepunctata Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. coxalis Roewer 1933 K03
    |--C. crassa González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. cristafemoris González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. cruzensis Goodnight & Goodnight 1947 [=C. cruzensia (l. c.)] K03
    |--C. dampfi Roewer 1931 K03
    |--C. dariensis Roewer 1925 K03
    |--C. davisi Goodnight & Goodnight 1942 K03
    |--C. dearuwa González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. dentipes Pickard-Cambridge 1904 K03
    |--C. discreta Chamberlin 1925 [incl. C. didyma Chamberlin 1925] K03
    |--C. eremitica González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. flavoclathrata Simon 1879 K03
    |--C. flavornata Banks 1914 K03
    |--C. formosa Goodnight & Goodnight 1946 K03
    |--C. fortina Goodnight & Goodnight 1945 K03
    |--C. fraterna Banks 1909 K03
    |--C. gamma Roewer 1917 K03
    |--C. geayi Roewer 1912 K03
    |--C. geniculata Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. goodnightorum Beutelspacher 1988 [=C. goodnighti] K03
    |--C. gregaria Goodnight & Goodnight 1954 K03
    |--C. guadelupensis Goodnight & Goodnight 1973 K03
    |--C. guanjuina Roewer 1957 K03
    |--C. guasinensis González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. hassleri Goodnight & Goodnight 1942 K03
    |--C. hondurensis Goodnight & Goodnight 1947 K03
    |--C. huanuco Avram & Soares 1983 K03
    |--C. immaculata Roewer 1956 K03
    |--C. infracta Roewer 1927 K03
    |--C. infulata Roewer 1959 K03
    |--C. innominata Henriksen in Sørensen 1932 (see below for synonymy) K03
    |--C. insperata Soares 1970 K03
    |--C. interjecta Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. itacoaiensis Soares 1970 K03
    |--C. jamesoni Goodnight & Goodnight 1973 K03
    |--C. josecarlosi Beutelspacher 1988 K03
    |--C. juncta (Gervais 1844) (n. d.) [=Cosmetus junctus] K03
    |--C. juruensis (Mello-Leitão 1923) [=Eucynortella juruensis, Cynortula juruensis] K03
    |--C. krausi Roewer 1963 K03
    |--C. ‘lata’ González-Sponga 1992 non Banks 1909 K03
    |--C. lateralis Roewer 1927 K03
    |--C. leucopyga Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. levinseni González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. limona Goodnight & Goodnight 1942 K03
    |--C. lineata Roewer 1915 K03
    |--C. lithoclasica Avram 1981 K03
    |--C. litterata Soares 1970 K03
    |--C. liturata Roewer 1927 K03
    |--C. maculabnormis González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. maculorum Goodnight & Goodnight 1943 K03
    |--C. magnifica Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. maimirensis González-Sponga 1992 [=C. maimirenses] K03
    |--C. marginalis Banks 1909 [=P. marginale, Poecilaema aurivillii ms] K03
    |--C. mayi Mello-Leitão 1931 K03
    |--C. meinerti González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. meridensis González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. mesaensis González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. mira Soares 1970 K03
    |--C. montis González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. multigranulata González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. munozgrateroli González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. nigrotuberosa Caporiacco 1951 K03
    |--C. notabilis Soares 1970 K03
    |--C. ornatissima González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. oxapampa Roewer 1952 K03
    |--C. palmarum Goodnight & Goodnight 1953 K03
    |--C. paolilloi González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. peninsulana González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. pichitana Roewer 1959 K03
    |--C. pleuralis Chamberlin 1925 K03
    |--C. poaensis Avram 1981 K03
    |--C. posticata Banks 1909 K03
    |--C. praeoculata González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. propria Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. puna Roewer 1927 K03
    |--C. punctatolineata Roewer 1917 K03
    |--C. punctiacuta González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. punctitergum Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. quibijana Avram 1981 K03
    |--C. quinquesignata Franganillo Balboa 1926 K03
    |--C. ramulata Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. refracta Mello-Leitão 1940 K03
    |--C. rorida Roewer 1927 K03
    |--C. salvadorensis Roewer 1954 K03
    |--C. sanarensis González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. sayensis Goodnight & Goodnight 1942 K03
    |--C. scripta Simon 1879 [incl. C. conspicua Roewer 1947] K03
    |--C. seminata Roewer 1917 K03
    |--C. sextuberculata Franganillo Balboa 1926 K03
    |--C. sigillata Roewer 1912 K03
    |--C. simplex Roewer 1927 K03
    |--C. sinuosa Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. skwarrae Roewer 1931 K03
    |--C. sturmi Roewer 1963 K03
    |--C. sulphurata Roewer 1912 K03
    |--C. surinamia Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. thoraxpicta Roewer 1957 K03
    |--C. tingaria Avram & Soares 1983 K03
    |--C. tovarzeai González-Sponga 1992 K03
    |--C. triangulata Goodnight & Goodnight 1942 K03
    |--C. unciscripta Roewer 1927 K03
    |--C. unicruciata Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. valida Roewer 1927 K03
    |--C. vancleavi Goodnight & Goodnight 1942 K03
    |--C. variegata Roewer 1947 K03
    |--C. vestita Roewer 1912 [incl. C. worontzowi Piza 1938] K03
    |--C. v-flavum González-Sponga 1992 KA-Z11 [=C. v-flava K03]
    |--C. yaracuyana González-Sponga 1992 [=C. yaracuyanus] K03
    |--C. zilchi Roewer 1963 K03
    |--C. zonata Roewer 1947 K03
    `--C. zuliana González-Sponga 1992 K03

Cynorta innominata Henriksen in Sørensen 1932 [=C. (*Abria) innominata; incl. C. adspersa Mello-Leitão 1940, C. intrica Goodnight & Goodnight 1947, C. reticulata Roewer 1947 nec Paecilaema reticulatum Sørensen 1932] K03

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

Kury, A. B. 2003. Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, volumen especial monográfico 1: 1–337.

Kury, A. B., & M. A. Alonso-Zarazaga. 2011. Addenda and corrigenda to the "Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Zootaxa 3034: 47–68.