''Cosmetinae'' is a
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
of
harvestmen in the
family Cosmetidae
Cosmetidae is a family of harvestmen in the suborder Laniatores. With over 700 species, it is one of the largest families in Opiliones. They are distributed from Argentina to the southern USA with the highest diversity in northern South America, ...
.
Genera
''Cosmetinae'' currently contains 116 genera (the following list is incomplete):
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Flirtea''
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Paecilaema
''Paecilaema'' is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae. It was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch
Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classify ...
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Rhaucus
Rhaucus or Rhaukos ( grc, Ῥαῦκος) was a town of ancient Crete. From the story told about the Cretan bees by Antenor in his ''Cretica'' it seems that there were two cities of this name in Crete. The existence of two places so called in the ...
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Taito''
[Kury, Adriano B; Barros, Carla ML (2014-05-01). "A new genus and eight new species of Amazonian cosmetines (Opiliones, Laniatores, Cosmetidae)". ''Zoological Studies''. 53 (1): 24. doi:10.1186/s40555-014-0024-4. ISSN 1810-522X.]
References
Cosmetidae
Arthropod subfamilies
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