Cosmetus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gonyleptoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Opiliones Subordo: Laniatores Infraordo: Grassatores Superfamilia: Gonyleptoidea

Familia: Cosmetidae
Subfamilia: Cosmetinae
Genus: Cosmetus
Species: C. acanti – C. arietinus – C. balboa – C. biacutus – C. birramosus – C. burbayar – C. columnaris – C. coxaepunctatus – C. delicatus – C. flavopictus – C. migdaliae – C. peruvicus – C. pollera – C. pulcher – C. serrulatus – C. soerenseni – C. tamboritos – C. unispinosus – C. variolosus – C. varius – C. villarreali

Name

Cosmetus Perty, 1833: 208

Type species: Cosmetus varius Perty, 1833 by subsequent designation of Pickard-Cambridge (1905): 572.

Gender: masculine

Synonyms

• Belemnometus Mello-Leitão 1940: 39; junior subjective synonym of Cosmetus Perty, 1833 in Kury, 2003: 39.
  • Type locality:
    • Type species: Belemnometus arietinus Mello-Leitão, 1940 by original designation).
• Cosmetellus Roewer 1928: 627; junior subjective synonym of Cosmetus Perty, 1833 in Kury, 2003: 39.
  • Type locality:
    • Type species: Cosmetellus columnaris Roewer, 1928 by monotypy).
• Cosmetigryne Roewer, 1916; junior subjective synonym of Cosmetus Perty, 1833 in Kury 2003: 39.
  • Type locality:
    • Type species: Cosmetigryne unispinosus Roewer, 1916 by monotypy.
• Cosmetiplus Roewer, 1947: 31; junior subjective synonym of Cosmetus Perty, 1833 in Kury, 2003: 39
  • Type locality:
    • Type species: Cosmetus coxaepunctatus Roewer, 1928 by original designation of Roewer, 1928).
• Orthogryne Avram & Soares, 1983: 60; junior subjective synonym of Cosmetus Perty, 1833 in Kury, 2003: 39.
  • Type locality:
    • Type species: Orthogryne peruvica Avram & Soares, 1983 by original designation of Avram & Soares, 1983.
• Procosmetus Mello-Leitão, 1942: 3; junior subjective synonym of Cosmetus Perty, 1833 in Kury, 2003: 39.
  • Type locality:
    • Type species: Procosmetus dubius Mello-Leitão, 1942 by original designation of Mello-Leitão, 1942.
• Vervloetia Soares & Soares 1946g: 227; junior subjective synonym of Cosmetus Perty, 1833 in Kury, 2003: 39.
  • Type locality:
    • Type species: Vervloetia delicata Soares & Soares, 1946 by original designation of Soares & Soares, 1946.

References

Primary references

• Perty, M. 1833. In: Delectus animalium articulatorum, quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto, collegerunt Dr. J. B. Spix et Dr. C. F. Ph. de Martius. Fasc. 3. Monachii [= Munich]: published by the author, pp. 125–224. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Coronato-Ribeiro, A. & Pinto-da-Rocha, R. 2015. Four new species of Cosmetus from Panama, with comments on the systematics of the genus (Opiliones: Cosmetidae). Zoologia 32(5): 409–422. PDF. Reference page. 
• Kury, A.B., Mendes, A.C., Cardoso, L., Kury, M.S., Granado, A. d. A., Giribet, G., Cruz-López, J.A., Longhorn, S.J., Medrano, M. & de Oliveira, A.B.R. 2023. World Catalogue of Opiliones (WCO-Lite version 2.5.1 - June 2023. Digital resource at wcolite.com). In: O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D.R. Hernández Robles, C.A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R.E. DeWalt, M. Keping, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, E.M. Adriaenssens, et al. Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2023-07-13). DOI: 10.48580/dfsy-4pt Reference page. 

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Cosmetus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cosmetus.
• ION