@article {8435, title = {On the identity of Flirtea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cosmetidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4093}, year = {2016}, pages = {231{\textendash}247}, abstract = {

Flirtea C.L. Koch, 1839, is one of the oldest genera described in Cosmetidae, currently including 30 species mostly from the Andes. Its type species, Cosmetus pictus Perty, 1833, from Brazil, the type material of which is long lost, has since long been misidentified in the literature due to a redescription based on another unrelated species, while the true F. picta was widely known as Flirtea phalerata C.L. Koch, 1840. This unrelated species is here described as Cynorta pictoides sp. nov. Flirtea picta is here redescribed based on abundant material collected in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biome from Bahia state, and a neotype is designated for its type species. Here, we propose a particular pattern of a white mask blot on the dorsal scutum be called \“scaramuccia\”, and variation in this pattern is described. Genital morphology of Flirtea picta is described for the first time. Flirtea is rediagnosed and most species currently assigned to Flirtea are suggested to belong to other genera. Cynorta valida Roewer, 1928 and Paecilaema batman Pinto-da-Rocha \& Yamaguti, 2013 are newly transferred to Flirtea, yielding the new combinations Flirtea valida and Flirtea batman.

}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4093.2.5}, url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299290101}, author = {Kury, Adriano B and Garc{\'\i}a, Andres F} } @article {8131, title = {Studies of the phlangid fauna of Central America}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {1340}, year = {1947}, pages = {1-21}, abstract = {

As a result of receiving several new collections, the writers have been able to continue their studies on the taxonomic and distributional problems of the Central\ American phalangids. In the study of\ these collections, the material from Central\ America at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, was\ consulted. Here the authors were enabled\ to study various types through the kindness of Mr. Nathan Banks.\ Dr. Alexander Petrunkevitch of Yale\ University generously allowed the authors\ to study his collection of Central American\ phalangids.\ Types redescribed from these two collections are acknowledged in this\ paper. The new species described below were\ collected mainly by Dr. and Mrs. Charles\ D.Michener with the assistance of Dr.\ Edson H. Fichter.\ All holotypes of new species are deposited\ in the collection of the American Museum\ of Natural History.

}, author = {Goodnight, Clarence J and Goodnight, Marie L} } @article {161, title = {Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones)}, journal = {Revista Ib{\'e}rica de Aracnolog{\'\i}a}, volume = {1}, year = {2003}, pages = {1-336}, abstract = {

All the systematic literature (774 references) of the suborder Laniatores of the Americas up to year 2002 is tabulated to generate a thorough annotated classification. 2372 species in 746 genera of Laniatores of the New World are listed. 26 families of Laniatores are recognized as valid, of which 21 occur in the New World. The most diverse family is Gonyleptidae (823 species), followed by Cosmetidae (710 species), both endemic to the New World. Synonymies, revalidations, replacement names and emended spellings are done when necessary. The complete list of nomenclatural acts herein proposed is given. The new family Escadabiidae Kury \& P\érez is proposed, the new subfamily Ampycinae Kury is proposed in Gonyleptidae. Countries and ultramarine departments included are 1) South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guyana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela; 2) Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama; 3) Antilles: Bahamas, Bermuda Island, Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherland Antilles, Puerto Rico, Tortuga Island, UK Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Windward Islands; 4) North America: Canada, Greenland, Mexico, U.S.A. First order administrative divisions (departments, provinces, states) for all most diverse countries are interpolated in the locality names. A list of species by first order administrative divisions is provided for all countries treated. The most diverse country is Brazil, with 855 species of Laniatores, followed by Venezuela with 328 species. An exhaustive list of the depository institutions of the type material with curators and contacts addresses is given.

}, keywords = {Agoristenidae, Cosmetidae, Gonyleptidae, Phalangodidae, Zalmoxidae}, issn = {1576 {\textendash} 9518}, author = {Adriano B Kury} } @article {13, title = {Key to the Cosmetidae (Arachnida, Opiliones) of Central America, with notes on penis morphology and sexual dimorphisms}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2414}, year = {2010}, month = {09/2010}, pages = {1-26}, type = {Scientific, Identification Key}, abstract = {

To facilitate identification of harvestmen of the family Cosmetidae in Central America, we developed dichotomous keys that distinguish the 33 known genera and the 133 described species for this region. Couplets are based upon characters found in the literature and examinations of museum specimens. Important characters include the number of tarsomeres on leg I, armature of the dorsal scutum, free tergites and legs, as well as the coloration and relative length of the body and legs. In addition, we provide a summary of sexually dimorphic features and comment on the potential usefulness of penis morphology and coloration as characters for distinguishing taxa.

}, keywords = {Arachnida, Central America, Cosmetidae, Laniatores, Opiliones, taxonomic key}, issn = {1175-5334}, url = {http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02414p026f.pdf}, author = {Townsend, Victor R and V{\'\i}quez, Carlos and VanZandt, P.A and Proud, Daniel N} }