Abria

{{Short description|Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs}}

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| authority = Sørensen, 1932

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| type_species = Cynorta innominata

| type_species_authority = Henriksen, 1932

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Abria is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with three described species (as of early 2024). All species are from Venezuela.

An overview of the taxonomy was provided by Villarreal, Medrano & Kury (2023)

Description

The genus Abria was described by Sørensen, 1932, originally as a subgenus of Cynorta, with the type species Cynorta innominata (Henriksen, 1932). The revised group needs further comparison with other genera to establish their placement within the wider family Cosmetidae.

Species

These species belong to the genus Abria:

Etymology

The genus is feminine.

References

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{{Cite web|title=Abria |url=https://wcolite.com|website= Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones|access-date=4 April 2024|language=en}}

{{cite web|title=Abria |url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/BGY4Y|website=Catalogue of Life|access-date=4 April 2024|language=en}}

{{cite web|title=Abria |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1488848-Abria|website=iNaturalist|access-date=4 April 2024|language=en}}

{{Cite web| title=Abria |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4655096 |website=GBIF|access-date=4 April 2024|language=en}}

{{Cite journal|last1=Villarreal-M.|first1=O.|last2=Medrano|first2=M.|last3=Kury|first3=A.B.|date=2023|title=Unleashing Abria Sørensen, 1932: New generic rank proposal for a false Venezuelan Cynorta Koch, 1839 (Opiliones: Cosmetidae)|journal=Zoologischer Anzeiger|volume=305|issue=|pages=42–51|doi= 10.1016/j.jcz.2023.06.001|pmid= |s2cid=|issn=|doi-access=|language=en}}

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Further reading

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  • {{aut|Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G.}} (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. {{ISBN|0-674-02343-9}}

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