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Cynortoides Roewer, 1912 is a small genus of the Neotropical family Cosmetidae, subfamily Cosmetinae with 9 species from the Caribbean.
Synonymy[]
Cynortoides Roewer, 1912: 61.
Etymology[]
Placement[]
Type species[]
Cynorta cubana Banks, 1909 by original designation, subsequently Cynortoides cubanus cubanus (Banks, 1909) by Roewer, 1912.
Diagnosis[]
Briefly, Roewer 1912 (p.61) defined as: 6 segmented t1 thickened; normal chelicerae; area I tubercles, II unarmed, III larger spines, IV same/larger spines; legs normal/slim.
[Original, für das Scutum] - I. Area mit einem mittleren Paare niedriger, stumpfer, aber deutlich erkennbarer Tuberkeln; II. Area völlig unbewehrt, ohne Tuberkel oder Dörnchenpaar; III. und IV. Area mit je einem mittleren Paare spitzer Kegeldörnchen, die alle vier von einander gleich weit entfernt und somit im Quadrat stehen; V. Area unbewehrt.
[Original, For scutum] - 1st area with a middle pair of low, blunt, but clearly recognizable tubercles; 2nd area completely unarmed, without a pair of tubercles or pair of spines; 3rd and 4th area each with a medial pair of sharp conical spines, all four of which are equidistant from one another and are therefore in a square; 5th area not reinforced.
Included species[]
- Cynortoides albiadspersa Goodnight & Goodnight, 1946: 3 - Mexico (San Luis Potosí).
- Cynortoides caraibica (Sørensen, 1932): 408 - Hispanola.
- Cynortoides cubana cubana Banks, 1909: 169 - Cuba (Habana).
- Cynortoides cubana signata Roewer, 1912: 62 - Cuba (near Havana).
- Cynortoides lateralis Roewer, 1947: 24 - Jamaica.
- Cynortoides marginata Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942: 11 - Hispanola (Dom. Rep).
- Cynortoides quadrispinosa Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942: 10 - Jamaica.
- Cynortoides roeweri (Henriksen, 1932): 198 - Cuba/Porto Rico.
- Cynortoides v-album (Simon, 1879): 198 - Hispanola (Dom. Rep).
Notes[]
Kury & Alonso-Zarazaga 2011 say "Cynortoides Roewer, 1912 is feminine, as treated originally by its author (Art. 30.1.4.4). Consequently, Cynortoides albiadspersa Goodnight & Goodnight, C. caraibica (Sørensen), C. cubana cubana (Banks), C. cubana signata Roewer, C. marginata Goodnight & Goodnight and C. quadrispinosa Goodnight & Goodnight."