Cynorta is a genus of harvestmen in the subfamily Cynortinae. The genus was erected by Carl Ludwig Koch.Cynorta Koch, 1839 in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-12-17.
Taxonomy The type species of Cynorta is Cynorta conspersa.
Range The initial description of the genus was based on occurrences in Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, and Suriname. Overall, the genus is poorly defined, and currently includes multiple species from different regions without support for shared ancestry.
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Further reading
(eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA.
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