Synonyms

• Cosmetidæ Erichson, 1845
• Cosmetides Agassiz, 1845
• Cosmétidas Holmberg, 1878
• Cosmetoidae Karsch, 1880
• Cosmetoidæ Sørensen, 1884
• Palpinidae Pickard-Cambridge, 1905
• Cosmetiden Roewer, 1914
• Cosmetidas Mello-Leitão, 1931
• Cynortinae Mello-Leitão, 1933
• Pachylinae sensu Goodnight & Goodnight, 1945

Primary references

• Koch, C. L. 1839. Uebersicht des Arachnidensystems 2. C. H. Zeh, Nürnberg.

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. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Coronato-Ribeiro, A. & Pinto-da-Rocha, R. 2017. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the genus Metalibitia Roewer, 1912 (Opiliones, Cosmetidae, Cosmetinae). Zootaxa 4291(2): 201–242. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.2.1. Reference page. 

• Damron, B.N., Pinto-da-Rocha, R. & Longhorn, S.J. 2018. Description of a new species of Eucynorta (Opiliones, Cosmetidae) from Cortés, Honduras. Zootaxa 4450(1): 125–134. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.1.9 Reference page. 

• Kury, A.B.; Ferreira, C.P. 2012: Two new species of Roquettea Mello-Leitão, 1931 from northern Brazil (Opiliones: Laniatores: Cosmetidae). Zootaxa 3328: 35–46. Preview Reference page. 

• García, A.F. & Kury, A.B.. 2017. Taxonomic revision of the Andean harvestman genus Rhaucus Simon, 1879 (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cosmetidae). Zootaxa 4338(3): 401–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.3.1. Reference page. 

• Kury, A. B. 2003. Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 1: 1-337. Full article. Reference page. 

• Kury, A.B. & Garcia, A.F. 2016. On the identity of Flirtea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cosmetidae). Zootaxa 4093(2): 231–247. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.2.5 Reference page. 

• Kury, A.B. & Medrano, M. 2018. A whiter shade of pale: anchoring the name Paecilaema C. L. Koch, 1839 onto a neotype (Opiliones, Cosmetidae). Zootaxa 4521(2): 191–219. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.2.3 Reference page. 

• Medrano, M. & Kury, A.B. 2016. Characterization of Platymessa with redescription of the type species and a new generic synonymy (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cosmetidae). Zootaxa 4085(1): 52–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.2 Reference page. 

• Monteiro, Y.F. & Pinto-da-Rocha, P. 2015. Revision of the genus Ferkeria Roewer, 1947, with the description of a new species (Opiliones: Laniatores: Cosmetidae). Zootaxa 4006(2): 361–373. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.2.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Townsend, V.R., jr.; Víquez, C.; Vanzandt, P.A.; Proud, D.N. 2010: Key to the species of Cosmetidae (Arachnida, Opiliones) of Central America, with notes on penis morphology and sexual dimorphisms. Zootaxa 2414: 1–26. Preview