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Adriano Brilhante Kury Brazil

(29 June 1962 – )

Birth: 29 June 1962, Casa de Saúde Santa Lúcia, Humaitá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Death: -

Adriano Brilhante Kury
Adriano B. Kury during fieldwork in Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro State, 2006.

Biography

Adriano Brilhante Kury is a Brazilian zoologist and world-renowned specialist in the systematics of the arachnid order Opiliones (harvestmen). Born in Rio de Janeiro on June 29, 1962, he graduated in Biological Sciences (Zoology) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 1986, obtained his Master's degree in Biological Sciences (Zoology) from the National Museum in Rio (MNRJ) in 1991, and completed his PhD in Biological Sciences (Zoology) at the University of São Paulo in 1993.

Currently serving as Full Professor (Professor Titular) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Curator of the Arachnida and Myriapoda collections at the Museu Nacional, Kury has established himself as a leading authority on World harvestmen taxonomy. His research encompasses the biodiversity of Neotropical arachnids, with particular emphasis on the Andean and Atlantic Forest opilionofauna.

Recognition: Listed among the 2% most influential scientists in the world by Stanford University research led by John Ioannidis (November 2020): "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"

Kury has extensive experience in Zoology and Zoological Nomenclature, focusing on the taxonomy of recent groups. He is a world-renowned specialist in Opiliones systematics, with around 200 published works on this order of arachnids. His comprehensive approach to taxonomy has resulted in the description of numerous new species and the clarification of complex systematic relationships within harvestmen.

He has supervised multiple Master's dissertations and PhD theses on arachnids and myriapods, and served as the Chelicerata coordinator for the Taxonomic Catalog of Brazilian Fauna. Kury is the organizer and principal author of the online World Catalogue of Opiliones (WCO-Lite) and serves as editor for Opiliones in the journals BIODIVERSITY DATA JOURNAL and ZOOKEYS.

Following the devastating fire that struck the Museu Nacional in September 2018, Kury has been actively leading the reconstruction of the AracnoLab and its invaluable scientific collections. His dedication extends beyond research to the development of digital resources that serve the global arachnological community, including the OmniPaper project and various online databases.

Notable scientific contributions

Among the important works by Kury may be cited the Catalogue of New World Laniatores (Kury 2003), the first cladistic analysis of the Agoristenidae, Cosmetidae, Cranaidae, Cryptogeobiidae, a definition of the early lineages of the Gonyleptidae, removal of Tricommatinae from Phalangodidae, reallocation of several genera from different families and subfamilies, definition of important anatomic terms, such as bulla, coda, dry stain, equuleus, pergula, rutrum, stragulum, stylar caps. Kury is also the creator of OmniPaper, a massive online resource for taxonomic literature on Opiliones. Kury was the first to recognize some groups today widely accepted in their present configuration after major rearrangement, such as the Bourguyiinae, Cranaidae, Gonyleptoidea, Manaosbiidae, Mitobatinae, Nomoclastidae. He detected a very stable clade of Gonyleptidae, which is informally called K92. He also proposed some supra-generic taxa such as Ampycinae, Beloniscidae, Cearininae, Cobaniinae, Cryptogeobiidae, DRMN, Escadabiidae, Globipedidae, Globibuninae, Grassatores, Heteropachylinae, Icaleptidae, MECO, Metasarcinae, Microsetata, Zamorinae.

Contributors

Biographical information compiled from CNPq Lattes CV, ORCID profile, and institutional records

Digital Projects & Websites

Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna Brasileira (CTFB)

National taxonomic database of Brazilian fauna. Served as Chelicerata coordinator, overseeing the taxonomic classification and nomenclature of Brazilian arachnids and related groups.

WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones

Comprehensive online nomenclatural catalog of harvestmen of the world (Arachnida, Opiliones). The most complete and up-to-date taxonomic database for the order, featuring all valid species with authors, dates of publication, and distribution data.

OmniPaper Project

A curated archive of Opiliones taxonomy, history, and legacy. Digital repository providing PDF access to historical and contemporary arachnological literature, with comprehensive author profiles and publication databases.

AracnoLab - MNRJ

Official website of the Arachnology Laboratory at Museu Nacional/UFRJ. Features research activities, collection information, and resources for the arachnological community.

Publications on Opiliones

Adriano Brilhante Kury has published over 190 works specifically on Opiliones taxonomy and systematics between 1989 and 2025, making him the most prolific contemporary researcher in harvestmen studies. His publications include major systematic revisions, comprehensive catalogues, phylogenetic analyses, and descriptions of numerous new taxa. The publications are organized chronologically in decades below, and in quinquennia for more recent prolific years.

1980s (2 publications) +

1989
Kury, A.B. (1989a) A new species of Discocyrtoides (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae: Bourguyinae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, Oxon, 8(1): 9-12.
First publication [Issued: March 1989]
Kury, A.B. (1989b) Notes on Mitobatinae III: A remarkable new Brazilian species of Mitobates Sundevall, 1833 (Opiliones, Laniatores, Gonyleptidae). Boletim do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, (N.S. Zoologia) 328, 1–12.
Early taxonomic work [Issued: 30 October 1989]

1990s (23 publications) +

1990
Kury, A.B. (1990a) Notes sur les Mitobatinae II. Redescription de Ancistrotellus bipustulatus Mello-Leitão (Opiliones, Laniatores, Gonyleptidae). Revue Arachnologique, Avignon, 9(4): 49-57.
Taxonomic clarification [Issued: 20 May 1990]
Kury, A.B. (1990b) [Notes on Mitobatinae I]. Synonymic notes on Mitobates Sundevall, with redescription of the type species, M. conspersus (Perty) (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Mitobatinae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, Oxon, 8(6): 194-200.
Systematic revision [Issued: November 1990]
1991
Kury, A.B. (1991a) Case 2759. Goniosoma conspersum Perty, December 1833 (currently Mitobates conspersus; Arachnida, Opiliones): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, London, 48(2): 105-107.
Nomenclatural petition [Issued: June 1991] • DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.694
Kury, A.B. (1991b) Notes on Mitobatinae V: Revalidation of Ruschia Mello-Leitão, with redescription of the type species (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, Oxon, 8(9): 284-287.
Taxonomic revalidation [Issued: November 1991]
Kury, A.B. (1991c) Notes on Mitobatinae IV. Ischnotherus tenebrosus new genus and new species of Brazilian harvestmen (Opiliones, Laniatores, Gonyleptidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologisches Museum in Berlin, Berlin, 67(2): 351-359.
New genus and species [Issued: 06 December 1991]
Kury, A.B. (1991d) Comment on the proposed conservation of the specific name of Mitobates conspersus (Perty, 1833) (Arachnida, Opiliones). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, London, 48(4): 323-324.
Nomenclatural comment [Issued: December 1991]
1992
Kury, A.B. (1992a) Notes on Mitobatinae VI. A review of Metamitobates Roewer (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Mitobatinae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologisches Museum in Berlin, Berlin, 68(1): 157-166.
Generic review [Issued: 08 May 1992]
Kury, A.B. (1992b) The genus Spinopilar Mello-Leitão, 1940, with notes on the status of the family Tricommatidae (Arachnida, Opiliones). Steenstrupia, Copenhagen, 18(5): 93-99.
Generic and familial revision [Issued: 30 November 1992]
Kury, A.B. (1992c) The false Cranainae of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Tropical Zoology, Firenze, 5(2): 279-291.
Subfamilial classification [Issued: December 1992] • DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1992.10539199
1993
Kury, A.B. (1993) Leptostygnus leptochirus Mello-Leitão, 1940: the first record of the family Agoristenidae from Colombia (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptoidea). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, Oxon, 9(4): 129-131.
New distributional record [Issued: March 1993]
1994
Kury, A.B. (1994a) On the identity of the enigmatic Leptocnema Koch (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologisches Museum in Berlin, Berlin, 70(1): 93-98.
Generic clarification [Issued: 29 March 1994] • DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.4840700104
Kury, A.B. (1994b) The genus Yania and other presumed Tricommatidae from South American highlands (Opiliones, Cranaidae, Prostygninae). Revue Arachnologique, Avignon, 10(7): 137-145.
High-altitude fauna revision [Issued: 01 September 1994]
Kury, A.B. (1994c) Early lineages of Gonyleptidae (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores). Tropical Zoology, Firenze, 7(2): 343-353.
Phylogenetic analysis [Issued: 1994] • DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1994.10539264
1995
Kury, A.B. (1995a) A review of the Stygnicranainae (Opiliones, Laniatores, Cranaidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, Oxon, 10(1): 31-35.
Subfamilial review [Issued: March 1995]
Kury, A.B. (1995b) A review of Mitopernoides revalidated (Progonyleptoidellinae) and the synonymy of Mitoperna with Neosadocus (Gonyleptinae) (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia MZUSP, São Paulo, 39(8): 201-207.
Generic synonymy [Issued: 20 July 1995]
Kury, A.B. (1995c) On the familial assignation of Pherania and Tachusina (Opiliones, Laniatores, Gonyleptoidea). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, Oxon, 10(2): 75-78.
Familial classification [Issued: July 1995]
Kury, A.B. (1995d) A review of Huralvioides (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Pachylinae). Amazoniana, Kiel, 13(3/4): 315-323.
Generic review [Issued: December 1995]
1996
Kury, A.B. (1996) A review of Phalangodus (Opiliones, Cranaidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, Oxon, 10(5): 178-180.
Generic review [Issued: July 1996]
1997
Kury, A.B. (1997a) The genera Saramacia Roewer and Syncranaus Roewer, with notes on the status of the Manaosbiidae (Opiliones, Laniatores). Boletim do Museu Nacional, N. S. Zoologia, Rio de Janeiro, 374: 1-22.
Familial relationships [Issued: 17 January 1997]
Kury, A.B. & Pinto-da-Rocha, R. (1997) Notes on the Brazilian harvestmen genera Progonyleptoidellus Piza and Iporangaia Mello-Leitão (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, São Paulo, 41(1): 109-115.
Generic revision [Issued: 31 March 1997]
Kury, A.B. (1997b) A new subfamily of Agoristenidae, with comments on suprageneric relationships of the family (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores). Tropical Zoology, Firenze, 10(2): 333-346.
New subfamily [Issued: November 1997] • DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1997.10539346
1998
Kury, A.B. & Maury, E.A. (1998) A new genus and five new species of Metasarcinae from Peru (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London, 123: 143-162.
Neotropical fauna [Issued: 01 June 1998] • DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb01297.x
1999
Kury, A.B. & Rodrigues, R.G. (1999) Notes on Camposicola Mello-Leitão with redescription of the type species (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Pachylinae). Contribuições Avulsas Sobre a História Natural do Brasil, Série Zoologia, Rio de Janeiro, 11: 1-4.
Generic redescription [Issued: 30 December 1999]

2000s (57 publications) +

2000
Kury, A.B. & Cokendolpher, J.C. (2000) Opiliones. In: Papavero, Llorente & García-Aldrete (eds): Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos de México: Hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento. México, D.F., 2: 137-157.
Faunal synthesis [Issued: April 2000]
Kury, A.B. (2000) A review of Cnemoleptes Mello-Leitão (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Boletim do Museu Nacional, N.S. Zoologia, Rio de Janeiro, 420: 1-6.
Generic review [Issued: 21 June 2000]
2001
Tourinho, A.L.M. & Kury, A.B. (2001) Notes on Holcobunus Roewer, 1910, with two new generic synonymies (Arachnida, Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae). Boletim do Museu Nacional, N.S. Zoologia, Rio de Janeiro, 461: 1-22.
Generic synonymy [Issued: 25 October 2001]
2002 (5 publications) +
Pérez-González, A. & Kury, A.B. (2002) A new remarkable troglomorph gonyleptid from Brazil (Arachnida, Opiliones). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, Zaragoza, 5: 43-50.
Cave-adapted species [Issued: 31 July 2002]
Kury, A.B. (2002) A new genus of Tricommatinae from Eastern Brazil (Opiliones Laniatores Gonyleptidae). Tropical Zoology, Firenze, 15: 209-218.
New genus [Issued: December 2002] • DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2002.10531175
Kury, A.B. & Pérez-González, A. (2002) A new family of Laniatores from northwestern South America (Arachnida, Opiliones). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, Zaragoza, 6: 3-11.
New family [Issued: 31 December 2002]
Kury, A.B. & Pinto-da-Rocha, R. (2002) Opiliones. Pp 345-362. In: Joachim Adis (ed.). Amazonian Arachnida and Diplopoda — Keys for the identification to classes, orders, families, some genera, and lists of known species. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow.
Identification keys [Issued: December 2002]
Adis, J., Bonaldo, A.B., Brescovit, A.D., Bertani, R., Cokendolpher, J.C., Condé, B., Kury, A.B., Lourenço, W.R., Mahnert, V., Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Platnick, N.I., Reddell, J.R., Rheims, C.A., Rocha, L.S., Rowland, J.M., Weygoldt, P. & Woas, S. (2002) Arachnida at "Reserva Ducke", Central Amazonia/Brazil. Amazoniana, Kiel, 17(1/2): 1-14.
Faunal list including Opiliones [Issued: December 2002]
2003 (7 publications) +
Kury, A.B. (2003a) Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. Volume especial monográfico, 1, 1–337.
Major catalogue - foundational work [Issued: 31 May 2003]
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Kury, A.B. (2003b) Two new species of Lacronia Strand from Southern Brazil (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Pachylinae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, Zaragoza, 7: 29-37.
New species [Issued: 30 June 2003]
Mendes, A.C. & Kury, A.B. (2003) A review of Thaumatoleptes Roewer (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, Zaragoza, 7: 151-156.
Generic review [Issued: 30 June 2003]
Pinto-da-Rocha, R. & Kury, A.B. (2003a) Phylogenetic analysis of Santinezia with description of five new species (Opiliones, Laniatores, Cranaidae). Journal of Arachnology, 31(2): 173-208.
Phylogenetic analysis [Issued: September 2003] • DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202(2003)031[0173:paoswd]2.0.co;2
Kury, A.B. (2003c) A new species of Pherania Strand, 1942 from southern Brazil (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae). Zootaxa, Auckland, 363: 1-8.
New species [Issued: 21 November 2003] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.363.1.1
Pinto-da-Rocha, R. & Kury, A.B. (2003b) Third species of Guasiniidae (Opiliones, Laniatores) with comments on familial relationships. Journal of Arachnology, 31(3): 394-399.
New species and familial analysis [Issued: December 2003] • DOI: 10.1636/h02-59
Tourinho, A.L.M. & Kury, A.B. (2003) A review of Jussara, with descriptions of six new species (Arachnida, Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae). Tropical Zoology, Firenze, 16(2): 209-275.
Generic review with new species [Issued: December 2003] • DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2003.10531195
2004
Kury, A.B. (2004) A new genus of Triaenonychidae from South Africa (Opiliones, Laniatores). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, Zaragoza, 9: 205-210.
New genus from South Africa [Issued: 30 June 2004]
2005
Ferreira, C.P., Pedroso, D.R. & Kury, A.B. (2005) A new species of Metavononoides from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cosmetidae). Zootaxa, Auckland, 1087: 45-52.
New species from Atlantic Forest [Issued: 29 November 2005] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1087.1.4
2006 (4 publications) +
Kury, A.B. (2006a) A new species of Graemontia from South Africa (Laniatores, Triaenonychidae). African Zoology, Pretoria, 41(1): 45–50.
New South African species [Issued: April 2006] • DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2006.11407334
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Kury, A.B. & Orrico, V.G.D. (2006) A new species of Lacronia Strand, 1942 from the highlands of Rio de Janeiro (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Pachylinae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, Zaragoza, 13: 147-153.
New highland species [Issued: 30 June 2006]
Kury, A.B. (2006b) A new Tricommatinae from the montane savanna of São Paulo (Opiliones, Laniatores, Gonyleptidae). Zootaxa, Auckland, 1325: 211-217.
New species from montane savanna [Issued: 28 September 2006] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1325.1.13
Özdikmen, H. & Kury, A.B. (2006) Three homonymous generic names in Araneae and Opiliones. The Journal of Arachnology, South El Monte, 34(1): 279-280.
Nomenclatural corrections [Issued: 2006] • DOI: 10.1636/h04-47.1
2007 (26 publications) +
Book reference: Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (Eds.) (2007) Harvestmen: the biology of the Opiliones. Harvard University Press, Cambridge and London, x + 597 pp. [Issued: February 2007]
Giribet, G. & Kury, A.B. (2007) Chapter 3. Phylogeny and Biogeography. pp. 62–87.
Book chapter - phylogeny • DOI: 10.4159/9780674276833-005
Kury, A.B. (2007a) Laniatores — Historical systematic synopsis. pp. 159–168.
Book chapter - systematic overview
Family treatments in Harvestmen book (18 family chapters)
Kury, A.B. & Mendes, A.C. (2007) Taxonomic status of the European genera of Travuniidae (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores). Munis Entomology & Zoology, 2(1): 1–14.
European genera revision [Issued: January 2007]
Ferreira, C.P., Pedroso, D.R. & Kury, A.B. (2007) A new species of Metavononoides from southern Espírito Santo (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cosmetidae). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 64(3): 231-234.
New species [Issued: 20 March 2007]
DaSilva, M.B. & Kury, A.B. (2007) A remarkable new species of Multumbo showing sexual dimorphism, with the transfer of Multumbo and Piassagera to the Hernandariinae (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Zootaxa, 1558: 29–37.
New species and subfamily transfer [Issued: 24 August 2007] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1558.1.2
Kury, A.B., Villarreal, O. & Sampaio, C. (2007) Redescription of the type species of Cynorta Koch, 1839 (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cosmetidae). The Journal of Arachnology, 35(2): 325–333.
Type species redescription [Issued: September 2007] • DOI: 10.1636/h06-35.1
Özdikmen, H. & Kury, A.B. (2007) Replacement names for Oncopus and Oncopodidae (Arachnida, Opiliones). The Journal of Arachnology, 35(2): 407–408.
Nomenclatural replacements [Issued: September 2007] • DOI: 10.1636/h05-46.1
Acosta, L.E., Kury, A.B. & Juárez, M.L. (2007) New records of Geraeocormobius sylvarum (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae), with a remarkable disjunction in northwestern Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 41: 303–306.
Biogeographical records [Issued: December 2007]
2008 (7 publications) +
Kury, A.B. (2008a) A review of Soaresia H. Soares, 1945, with description of a new species from Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Pachylinae). Zootaxa, 1687: 51–59.
Generic review with new species [Issued: 23 January 2008] • DOI: href="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1687.1.3" target="_blank">10.11646/zootaxa.1687.1.3
Kury, A.B. & Pinto-da-Rocha, R. (2008) First record of Stygnidae for the State of Espírito Santo and description of a new Protimesius (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 25(2): 319-322.
New state record and species [Issued: June 2008] • DOI: href="https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81752008000200020" target="_blank">10.1590/S0101-81752008000200020
Lian, W.-G., Zhu, M. & Kury, A.B. (2008) A new species of the genus Tithaeus from China (Arachnida: Laniatores: Epedanidae). Zootaxa, 1841: 53-60.
New Chinese species [Issued: 4 August 2008] • DOI: href="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1841.1.4" target="_blank">10.11646/zootaxa.1841.1.4
Mendes, A.C. & Kury, A.B. (2008) Intercontinental Triaenonychidae — the case of Ceratomontia (Opiliones, Insidiatores). The Journal of Arachnology, 36(2): 273–279.
Intercontinental biogeography [Issued: October 2008] • DOI: href="https://doi.org/10.1636/ch07-93.1" target="_blank">10.1636/ch07-93.1
Kury, A.B. (2008b) On the systematic position of Dino Loman and Toccolus Roewer (Opiliones, Laniatores, Epedanidae), with the description of a new species from western Java, Indonesia. Zootaxa, 1932: 61–68.
Indonesian fauna [Issued: 14 November 2008] • DOI: href="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1932.1.6" target="_blank">10.11646/zootaxa.1932.1.6
Kury, A.B. (2008c) Two new troglomorph Pachylinae (Opiliones, Laniatores, Gonyleptidae) from caves in Bahia, Brazil. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, Lisse, 43(3): 247–253.
Cave-adapted species [Issued: December 2008] • DOI: href="https://doi.org/10.1080/01650520701731794" target="_blank">10.1080/01650520701731794
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Kury, A.B. & Pérez-González, A. (2008) The first cave-dwelling Spinopilar (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Tricommatinae), described from a Brazilian cave. Tropical Zoology, 21(2): 259–267.
First cave-dwelling species [Issued: December 2008]
2009 (4 publications) +
Villarreal, O. & Kury, A.B. (2009) A new generic homonymy in the Agoristenidae (Arachnida: Opiliones). Zootaxa, 2045: 65–68.
Nomenclatural correction [Issued: 18 March 2009] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2045.1.6
Kury, A.B. (2009) A new genus of Stygninae from a relictual rainforest in Ceará, northeastern Brazil (Opiliones, Laniatores, Stygnidae). Zootaxa, 2057: 63–68.
New genus from relictual forest [Issued: 30 March 2009] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2057.1.4
Kury, A.B. & Machado, G. (2009) Notes on Santobius from Vanuatu and Fiji and the status of the eastern Melanesian Ibalonius (Arachnida: Opiliones: Podoctidae). Zoological Studies, Taipei, 48(4): 524–538.
Melanesian fauna [Issued: July 2009]
Orrico, V.G.D. & Kury, A.B. (2009) A cladistic analysis of the Stygnicranainae Roewer, 1913 (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cranaidae) — where do longipalp cranaids belong? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 157: 470–494.
Phylogenetic analysis [Issued: October 2009] • DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00543.x

2010-2014 (21 publications) +

2010 (4 publications) +
Ferreira, C.P. & Kury, A.B. (2010) A review of Roquettea, with description of three new Brazilian species and notes on Gryne (Opiliones, Cosmetidae, Discosomaticinae). Zoological Science, Tokyo, 27(8), 697–708.
Generic review with new species [Issued: August 2010] • DOI: 10.2108/zsj.27.697
Giribet, G., Vogt, L., Pérez-González, A., Sharma, P.P. & Kury, A.B. (2010) A multilocus approach to harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) phylogeny with emphasis on biogeography and the systematics of Laniatores. Cladistics, 26(4), 408–437.
Phylogenetic analysis [Issued: August 2010] • DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00296.x
Kury, A.B., Chagas-Jr., A., Giupponi, A.P.L. & Pérez-G., A. (2010) Amblypygi, Opiliones, Schizomida, Scorpiones and Chilopoda, Tocantins, Brazil. Check List, 6(4), 564-571.
Regional fauna survey including Opiliones [Issued: 3 November 2010] • DOI: 10.15560/6.4.564
Kury, A.B. (2010) Opilionological Record – a chronicle of harvestman taxonomy. Part 1: 1758–1804. The Journal of Arachnology, 38(3), 521-529.
Historical review of taxonomy [Issued: 24 November 2010] • DOI: 10.1636/ha10-23.1
2011 (3 publications) +
Sharma, P.P., Kury, A.B. & Giribet, G. (2011) The Zalmoxidae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores) of the Paleotropics: a catalogue of Southeast Asian and Indo-Pacific species. Zootaxa, 2972(1), 37–58.
Paleotropical catalogue [Issued: 21 July 2011] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2972.1.3
Kury, A.B. & Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. (2011) Addenda and corrigenda to the "Annotated catalogue of the Laniatores of the New World (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Zootaxa, 3034(1), 47–68.
Catalogue addenda [Issued: 20 September 2011] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3034.1.3
Kury, A.B. (2011) Order Opiliones Sundevall, 1833. In: Zhang Z-Q, editor. Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa, 3148: 112–114.
Higher classification review [Issued: 23 December 2011]
2012 (7 publications) +
Kury, A.B. (2012a) A synopsis of catalogs and checklists of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones). Zootaxa, 3184(1), 35–58.
Bibliographic synthesis [Issued: 6 February 2012] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3184.1.2
Kury, A.B. (2012b) A new genus of Cranaidae from Ecuador (Opiliones, Laniatores). Zootaxa, 3314, 31–44.
New genus from Ecuador [Issued: 16 May 2012] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3314.1.3
Kury, A.B. & Ferreira, C.P. (2012) Two new species of Roquettea Mello-Leitão, 1931 from northern Brazil (Opiliones: Laniatores: Cosmetidae). Zootaxa, 3328(1), 35–46.
New species from northern Brazil [Issued: 30 May 2012] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3328.1.3
Villarreal, O. & Kury, A.B. (2012) Licornus Roewer, 1932: newly transferred to Ampycinae and first record of the family Gonyleptidae (Opiliones: Laniatores) from Venezuela. Zootaxa, 3544(1), 71–78.
First Gonyleptidae from Venezuela [Issued: 8 November 2012] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3544.1.6
Kury, A.B. (2012c) First report of the male of Zamora granulata Roewer 1928, with implications on the higher taxonomy of the Zamorinae (Opiliones, Laniatores, Cranaidae). Zootaxa, 3546, 29–42.
Male description with taxonomic implications [Issued: 12 November 2012] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3546.1.2
Hara, M.R., Pinto-da-Rocha, R. & Kury, A.B. (2012) Revision of Nanophareus, a mysterious harvestman genus from Chile, with description of three new species (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptidae). Zootaxa, 3579(1), 37–66.
Generic revision with new species [Issued: 11 December 2012] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3579.1.2
Mendes, A.C. & Kury, A.B. (2012) Notes on the systematics of the Triaenonychinae from Madagascar with description of a new species of Acumontia Loman (Opiliones: Laniatores). Zootaxa, 3593(1), 40–58.
Madagascar fauna with new species [Issued: 20 December 2012] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3593.1.2
2013 (3 publications) +
Zhang, C., Kury, A.B. & Zhang, F. (2013) Notes on Bonea Roewer, 1914 and Lomanius Roewer, 1923 (Opiliones: Laniatores: Podoctidae), with the description of three new species from China. Zootaxa, 3630(2), 201–224.
Chinese fauna with new species [Issued: 20 March 2013] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3630.2.1
Kury, A.B. (2013a) Order Opiliones Sundevall, 1833. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013). Zootaxa, 3703(1), 27–33.
Higher classification update [Issued: 30 August 2013] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.7
Kury, A.B. (2013b) The first species of Roquettea from Maranhão, Brazil (Opiliones: Cosmetidae: Discosomaticinae). Zoologia, 30(5), 569–573.
First record from Maranhão [Issued: October 2013] • DOI: 10.1590/s1984-46702013000500009
2014 (4 publications) +
Kury, A.B. & Barros, C.M. (2014) A new genus and eight new species of Amazonian cosmetines (Opiliones, Laniatores, Cosmetidae). Zoological Studies, 53(1), 1–46.
New Amazonian genus with eight species [Issued: 28 May 2014] • DOI: 10.1186/s40555-014-0024-4
Kury, A.B. & Quintero-A., D. (2014) Characterization of the genus Hernandarioides F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1905 (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Ampycinae). Zootaxa, 3838(2), 242–246.
Generic characterization [Issued: 17 July 2014] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.2.9
Kury, A.B. (2014) Why does the Tricommatinae position bounce so much within Laniatores? A cladistic analysis, with description of a new family of Gonyleptoidea (Opiliones, Laniatores). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 172(1), 1–48.
Cladistic analysis with new family [Issued: 28 August 2014] • DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12165
Kury, A.B., Mendes, A.C. & Souza, D.R. (2014) World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 1: Laniatores – Travunioidea and Triaenonychoidea. Biodiversity Data Journal, 2, e4094.
World catalogue - Part 1 [Issued: 5 November 2014] • DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e4094

2015-2019 (36 publications) +

2015 (6 publications) +
Giupponi, A.P.L. & Kury, A.B. (2015) A new species of Metagovea Rosas Costa, 1950 from Napo Province, Ecuador (Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi: Neogoveidae). ZooKeys, 477, 1–15.
New Cyphophthalmi species [Issued: 26 January 2015] • DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.477.8706
Kury, A.B. (2015) Opiliones are no longer the same—on suprafamilial groups in harvestmen (Arthropoda: Arachnida). Zootaxa, 3925(3), 301–340.
Higher-level classification [Issued: 2 March 2015] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.3.1
Kury, A.B. & Villarreal, O. (2015) The prickly blade mapped: establishing homologies and a chaetotaxy for macrosetae of penis ventral plate in Gonyleptoidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 174(1), 1–46.
Morphological standardization [Issued: 21 April 2015] • DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12225
Villarreal, O., Kury, A.B. & Pinto-da-Rocha, R. (2015) The poorly known genus Ventrifurca Roewer, 1913 revisited (Opiliones: Cranaidae). Zoological Studies, 54(45), 1–18.
Generic revision • DOI: 10.1186/s40555-015-0117-8
Kury, A.B., Souza, D.R. & Pérez-González, A. (2015) World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 2: Laniatores – Samooidea, Zalmoxoidea and Grassatores incertae sedis. Biodiversity Data Journal, 3, e6482.
World catalogue - Part 2 [Issued: 21 December 2015] • DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e6482
Kury, A.B. & Pérez-González, A. (2015) A companion to the Part 2 of the World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida): Laniatores – Samooidea, Zalmoxoidea and Grassatores incertae sedis. Biodiversity Data Journal, 3, e6663.
Catalogue companion [Issued: 21 December 2015] • DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e6663
2016 (5 publications) +
Medrano, M.A. & 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.
Generic characterization with synonymy [Issued: 1 March 2016] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.2
Kury, A.B. & García, A.F. (2016) On the identity of Flirtea C.L. Koch, 1839 (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cosmetidae). Zootaxa, 4093(2), 231–247.
Generic identity clarification [Issued: 22 March 2016] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.2.5
Kury, A.B. & Medrano, M. (2016) Review of terminology for the outline of dorsal scutum in Laniatores (Arachnida, Opiliones). Zootaxa, 4097(1), 130–134.
Morphological terminology [Issued: 30 March 2016] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.9
Kury, A.B. & Carvalho, R.N. (2016) Revalidation of the Brazilian genus Discocyrtanus, with description of two new species (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae: Pachylinae). Zootaxa, 4111(2), 126–144.
Generic revalidation with new species [Issued: 13 May 2016] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4111.2.2
Kury, A.B. (2016) A classification of the penial microsetae of Gonyleptoidea (Opiliones: Laniatores). Zootaxa, 4179(1), 144–150.
Microsetae classification [Issued: 28 October 2016] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.1.13
2017 (8 publications) +
Medrano, M.A. & Kury, A.B. (2017) Taxonomic revision of the Andean genus Eulibitia Roewer, 1912 (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cosmetidae), with the description of five new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 357, 1–55.
Generic revision with five new species [Issued: 11 October 2017] • DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.357
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.
Generic revision [Issued: 26 October 2017] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.3.1
Carvalho, R.N. & Kury, A.B. (2017) A new species of Discocyrtanus from Mato Grosso, Brazil (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae) with a key for the identification to the genus. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 340, 512–519.
New species with identification key [Issued: 14 November 2017] • DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2017.09.007
Kury, A.B. (2017a) Nomenclatural considerations on the generic name Siro Latreille, 1797 (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi). Rivista Aracnologica Italiana, 14, 2–8.
Nomenclatural considerations [Issued: 23 November 2017]
Kury, A.B. (2017b) On Cassinia Roewer, 1927 and Petraia González-Sponga, 2003 two preoccupied generic names in harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones). Rivista Aracnologica Italiana, 14, 9–14.
Preoccupied names [Issued: 23 November 2017]
Kury, A.B. (2017c) Sorensenius Berg, 1898 – a forgotten replacement name for Asopus Sørensen, 1896 – supersedes Pyramidops Loman, 1902 (Opiliones: Grassatores: Pyramidopidae). Rivista Aracnologica Italiana, 14, 15–23.
Forgotten replacement name [Issued: 23 November 2017]
Kury, A.B. (2017d) When the Danish diacritic evaporates: nomenclatural considerations on the generic name Sorensenella Pocock, 1903 (Opiliones: Insidiatores: Triaenonychidae). Rivista Aracnologica Italiana, 14, 24–29.
Diacritic nomenclature [Issued: 23 November 2017]
Kury, A.B. (2017e) Conflicting synonymies and secondary homonyms in some Indo-Malayan genera of Gagrellinae (Opiliones, Eupnoi, Sclerosomatidae). Rivista Aracnologica Italiana, 15, 35–46.
Indo-Malayan synonymies [Issued: 29 December 2017]
2018 (8 publications) +
Carvalho, R.N. & Kury, A.B. (2018) Further dismemberment of Discocyrtus with description of a new Amazonian genus and a new subfamily of Gonyleptidae (Opiliones, Laniatores). European Journal of Taxonomy, 393, 1–32.
New genus and subfamily [Issued: 9 January 2018] • DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.393
Kury, A.B. & Machado, G. (2018) Do the species with facies reclinobunoides make up a clade? - A new Lomanius (Opiliones, Podoctidae) from Vietnam and a discussion on its relationships. Zootaxa, 4441(1), 151–170.
New Vietnamese species with phylogenetic discussion [Issued: 26 June 2018] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.1.9
Kury, A.B. (2018a) The correct spelling of Leptopsalidinae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi). Rivista Aracnologica Italiana, 18, 40–43.
Nomenclatural correction [Issued: 28 June 2018]
Kury, A., Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Gruber, J. & Carvalho, R.N. (2018) Clarification on three species of Discocyrtus Holmberg, 1878 with convoluted taxonomic stories (Opiliones, Laniatores, Gonyleptidae, Pachylinae). Journal of Arachnology, 46, 355–369.
Taxonomic clarification [Issued: 18 July 2018] • DOI: 10.1636/joa-s-17-069.1
Medrano, M.A. & Kury, A.B. (2018) Relationships and cladistic analysis of Roquettea with description of two new species and notes about evolution of stylus in Cosmetidae (Opiliones, Grassatores). Invertebrate Systematics, 32, 1206–1233.
Cladistic analysis with new species [Issued: 17 October 2018] • DOI: 10.1071/IS18013
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.
Neotype designation [Issued: 14 November 2018] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.2.3
Kury, A.B. (2018b) Familial nomina in harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones). Bionomina, 13(1), 1–27.
Familial nomenclature [Issued: 20 December 2018] • DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.13.1.1
Carvalho, R.N., Kury, A.B. & Silva, M.S. (2018) Conspecificity of semaphoronts – the synonymy of Metadiscocyrtus with Propachylus (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptidae). Journal of Arachnology, 46(3), 488–497.
Generic synonymy [Issued: 20 December 2018] • DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-17-082.1
2019 (9 publications) +
Medrano, M., Villarreal, O. & Kury, A.B. (2019) Review of Neocynorta Roewer, 1915 with two new generic synonymies (Opiliones, Gonyleptoidea, Cosmetidae). Journal of Natural History, 53(11-12), 677-704.
Generic review with synonymies [Issued: 9 May 2019] • DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1606357
Villarreal, O., Ázara, L.N. de & Kury, A.B. (2019) Revalidation of Obidosus Roewer, 1913 and description of two new cave-dwelling species of Protimesius Roewer, 1913 from Brazil (Opiliones: Stygnidae). Journal of Natural History, 53(15-16), 965-989.
Revalidation and new cave species [Issued: 3 June 2019] • DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1620893
Ázara, L.N. de & Kury, A.B. (2019) The mosaic tiled harvestmen – taxonomic review of Gonyleptellus (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae: Gonyleptinae). Zootaxa, 4623(2), 201–238.
Generic taxonomic review [Issued: 25 June 2019] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.2.1
Kury, A.B. (2019a) Obscure priority: on the authorship of the nomen Sironidae (Arachnida, Opiliones). Bionomina, 15(1), 51–54.
Nomenclatural priority [Issued: 2 July 2019] • DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.15.1.3
Kury, A.B. (2019b) A new species of Discocyrtoides from southern Brazilian pine forest (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Mitobatinae). Comptes Rendus Biologies, 342(5–6), 230–235.
New species from pine forest [Issued: 24 September 2019] • DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2019.05.001
Kury, A.B., García, A.F. & Medrano, M.A. (2019) A new genus of Kimulidae, being the first record of the family from Colombia (Opiliones, Grassatores). Comptes Rendus Biologies, 342(5–6), 236–244.
New genus and first family record from Colombia [Issued: 24 September 2019] • DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2019.07.003
Medrano, M.A., Ázara, L.N. de & Kury, A.B. (2019) Rediscovery of Eulibitia ectroxantha (Mello-Leitão, 1941) and synonymy of Sphalerocynorta Mello-Leitão, 1933 (Opiliones: Cosmetidae). Comptes Rendus Biologies, 342(9–10), 345–350.
Rediscovery and generic synonymy [Issued: 5 December 2019] • DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2019.11.002
Kury, A.B., Pérez-González, A. & Proud, D. (2019) A new Indo-Malayan family of Grassatores (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores). Invertebrate Systematics, 33(6), 892-906.
New family from Indo-Malayan region [Issued: 16 December 2019] • DOI: 10.1071/IS19035
Kury, A.B. & Snegovaya, N. (2019) On a false Acropsopilio from Azerbaijan (Opiliones, Dyspnoi, Nemastomatidae). Rivista Aracnologica Italiana, 5(25), 11–15.
Taxonomic correction [Issued: 31 December 2019]

2020-2024 (53 publications) +

2020 (15 publications) +
Medrano, M., Ázara, L.N. de & Kury, A.B. (2020) The short-legged Andean cosmetids revisited: the genus Libitia Simon, 1879 with description of two new species (Opiliones, Cosmetidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 634, 1–25.
Generic revision with new species [Issued: 24 April 2020] • DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.634
García, A.F. & Kury, A.B. (2020) The Neotropical harvestman genus Vima Hirst, with description of a new species from Colombia (Arachnida: Opiliones: Agoristenidae). Journal of Arachnology, 48, 67–76.
Generic revision with new species [Issued: 16 June 2020] • DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202-48.1.67
Kury, A.B. (2020a) Incorrect authorship assignments and repeated specific epithets: five cases of the use of homographs by Roewer in harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones). Bionomina, 19, 64–76.
Nomenclatural corrections [Issued: 10 September 2020] • DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.19.1.3
Kury, A.B. & Mendes, A.C. (2020) Grammatical gender and corrections of the nomina of the species of Larifuga Loman, 1898 (Opiliones, Triaenonychidae). Bionomina, 19, 77–85.
Nomenclatural corrections [Issued: 10 September 2020] • DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.19.1.4
Major work reference: Kury, A.B., Mendes, A.C., Cardoso, L., Kury, M.S. & Granado, A.de A. (2020) WCO-Lite: online world catalogue of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones). Version 1.0 — Checklist of all valid nomina in Opiliones with authors and dates of publication up to 2018. Self published, Rio de Janeiro. ii + 237 pp. [Issued: 12 September 2020] • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4025288
WCO-Lite book chapters (10 chapters)
• Kury, A.B. (2020b) Chapter 2. Mandatory corrections proposed here. pp. 22–29.
• Kury, A.B. (2020c) Chapter 4. A ghost species of Metaphalangium (Eupnoi: Phalangiidae). pp. 39–40.
• Carvalho, R.N., Kury, A.B. & Hara, M.R. (2020) Chapter 5. A Brazilian Daguerreia (Laniatores: Gonyleptidae). pp. 41–43.
• Kury, A.B. & Ázara, L.N. de (2020) Chapter 6. New synonymies and combinations in the clade K92. pp. 44–47.
• Caramori, L. & Kury, A.B. (2020) Chapter 7. On a tricommatine from Paraná described in two different families (Laniatores: Gonyleptidae). p. 48.
• Kury, A.B., Dunlop, J.A. & Mendes, A.C. (2020) Chapter 8. On the allocation of some Palaeozoic and Tertiary harvestmen. pp. 49–51.
• Kury, A.B. & Cokendolpher, J.C. (2020) Chapter 9. A new family from the New World (Eupnoi: Phalangioidea). pp. 52–54.
• Kury, A.B. & Carvalho, R.N. (2020) Chapter 10. Expansion of the MECO clade (Grassatores: Microsetata). pp. 55–56.
• Kury, A.B. & Pinto-da-Rocha, R. (2020) Chapter 11. On two false South American Liogyndulus. p. 57.
• Pessoa-Silva, M., Hara, M.R., Pinto-da-Rocha, R. & Kury, A.B. (2020) Chapter 12. Pachylinae at their southernmost extreme (Laniatores: Gonyleptidae). pp. 58–59.
• Kury, A.B., Mendes, A.C. & Hara, M.R. (2020) Chapter 13. Gonyassamiinae, Bristoweia, Eopachylus and Project 2559. pp. 60–68.
Carvalho, R.N. & Kury, A.B. (2020) A new subfamily of Gonyleptidae formed by false Discocyrtus Holmberg, 1878 from Brazil, with revalidation of Pachylobos Piza, 1940 and description of a new genus. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 290, 79–112.
New subfamily with generic revalidation [Issued: 29 December 2020] • DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2020.11.004
2021 (14 publications) +
Kury, A.B., Mendes, A.C., Cardoso, L., Kury, M.S., Granado, A.de A., Yoder, M.J. & Kury, I.S. (2021) WCO-Lite version 1.1: an online nomenclatural catalog of harvestmen of the World (Arachnida, Opiliones) curated in TaxonWorks. Zootaxa, 4908(3), 447–450.
WCO-Lite update [Issued: 15 January 2021] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.3.10
Gong, X.-Y., Kury, A.B. & Zhang, C. (2021) Two new species of Plistobunus from China (Opiliones: Laniatores: Epedanidae). Zootaxa, 4915(1), 60–76.
New Chinese species [Issued: 20 January 2021] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.1.4
Ázara, L.N. de, Medrano, M.A. & Kury, A.B. (2021) A new species of Gonyleptellus Roewer, 1930 from the mountains of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae). Journal of Natural History, 54(29-30), 1947–1956.
New species from Rio de Janeiro [Issued: 11 February 2021] • DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1825856
Carvalho, R.N. & Kury, A.B. (2021a) Intraspecific spination pattern in Discocyrtus prospicuus (Holmberg, 1876) (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae) reviewed: revalidation of the harvestman genus Opisthoplatus, with two new synonymies and biogeographical notes on their morphs. Austral Entomology, 60, 364–389.
Generic revalidation [Issued: 28 May 2021] • DOI: 10.1111/aen.12537
Kury, A.B. & Araujo, D.C. (2021) On Spinopilar from Rio de Janeiro state with description of three new species (Opiliones, Laniatores, Cryptogeobiidae). Zootaxa, 4984(1), 148–181.
Three new species [Issued: 10 June 2021] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.14
Villarreal, O., Kury, A.B. & Colmenares, P.A. (2021) Contributions to the taxonomy of some Amazonian Stygnidae (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptoidea). Zootaxa, 4984(1), 218–227.
Amazonian taxonomy [Issued: 10 June 2021] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.17
Kury, A.B. (2021) On the harvestmen species described by Gray in Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (Opiliones: Eupnoi, Laniatores). The Journal of Arachnology, 49(2), 217–224.
Historical taxonomy [Issued: July 2021] • DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-20-041
Medrano, M., Kury, A.B. & Martinez, L. (2021) A fresh look at Cosmetus Perty, 1833 (Opiliones: Cosmetidae), with new synonymies and description of two new species from Colombia. Zootaxa, 5004(3), 430–446.
Generic revision [Issued: 21 July 2021] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.3.2
Carvalho, R.N. & Kury, A.B. (2021b) Wide distribution and wide bodies: a new genus of Neopachylinae (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae) formed by false Discocyrtus. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 294, 137–164.
New genus [Issued: 9 August 2021] • DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2021.08.006
Carvalho, R.N., Kury, A.B. & Hara, M.R. (2021) Reevaluation of the systematic position of some southern Brazilian Discocyrtus (Gonyleptidae, Roeweriinae), with the reinstatement of Bunopachylus. Invertebrate Systematics, 35, 701–724.
Generic reinstatement [Issued: 13 August 2021] • DOI: 10.1071/IS20083
Medrano, M., Kury, A.B. & Mendes, A.C. (2021) Morphology-based cladistics splinters the century-old dichotomy of the pied harvestmen (Arachnida: Gonyleptoidea: Cosmetidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 195(2), 585–672.
Major phylogenetic revision [Issued: 30 August 2021] • DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab043
Villarreal, O., García, A.F. & Kury, A.B. (2021) Fine-tuning the diversity in four families of Gonyleptoidea (Arachnida, Opiliones) in Venezuela. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 92(e923633), 1–22.
Venezuelan diversity [Issued: 8 October 2021] • DOI: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2021.92.3633
Kury, A.B. & Caramori, L.R. (2021) On an unusual cryptogeobiid from Rio de Janeiro (Opiliones, Laniatores, Gonyleptoidea). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), 61(e20216194), 1–7.
Unusual species [Issued: 27 October 2021] • DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.94
Kury, A.B. & Machado, G. (2021) The genus Eurytromma from Sri Lanka: the homology of penial macrosetae in Podoctidae matches the gonyleptoid AE11 pattern (Opiliones: Laniatores: Epedanoidea). The Journal of Arachnology, 49, 358–370.
Morphological homology [Issued: 10 December 2021] • DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-20-078
2022 (5 publications) +
García, A.F., Kury, A.B. & Villarreal, O. (2022) Chasing the elusive core identity of Avima Roewer, 1949 (Arachnida: Opiliones: Agoristenidae). Arthropoda Selecta, 31(2), 217–227.
Generic identity [Issued: 2022] • DOI: 10.15298/arthsel.31.2.10
Kury, A.B., Bernabé, T.N., de Ázara, L.N., Araujo, D.C. & Benedetti, A.R. (2022) Phylogeny of the clade K92 (Opiliones, Laniatores, Gonyleptidae) with description of a new subfamily and discussion on the evolution of caelopygine facies and sexual dimorphism. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 298, 70–122.
Major phylogenetic analysis [Issued: 2022] • DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2022.03.004
Medrano, M., García, A.F. & Kury, A.B. (2022) Rhaucoides Roewer, 1912, an Andean genus with fused tarsomeres: revision with a new generic synonymy and two new species (Opiliones: Cosmetidae). The Journal of Arachnology, 50(2), 191–218.
Generic revision [Issued: 2022] • DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-21-028
Carvalho, R.N. & Kury, A.B. (2022) Review of Paradiscocyrtus Mello-Leitão, 1927 (Gonyleptidae, Opiliones), with the transfer of Paradiscocyrtus cerayanus Roewer, 1929 to Discocyrtus Holmberg, 1878 and a new interpretation of its type locality. Zoosystema, 44(9), 209–225.
Generic review with transfer [Issued: 2022] • DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a9
Villarreal, O., Kury, A.B. & Colmenares, P.A. (2022) A new genus with two new species of Colombian harvestmen (Opiliones: Stygnidae: Stygninae). American Museum Novitates, 3991, 1–14.
New genus from Colombia [Issued: 2022] • DOI: 10.1206/3991.1
2023 (7 publications) +
Kury, A.B., García, A.F. & Ahumada-C., D. (2023) A new genus of Zalmoxoidea from Colombia (Arachnida: Opiliones: Grassatores). The Journal of Arachnology, 51(1), 37–45.
New genus from Colombia [Issued: 2023] • DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-21-070
Carvalho, R.N. & Kury, A.B. (2023a) Between areolated and band-shaped spots: a revision of Lacronia Strand, 1942 (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 859, 1–56.
Generic revision [Issued: 2023] • DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.859.2043
Kury, A.B. & Medrano, M. (2023) Once upon a time in America: recognition of the species of Libitioides from USA, with comments on other American Cosmetidae (Opiliones, Laniatores). European Journal of Taxonomy, 875, 101–141.
American Cosmetidae [Issued: 2023] • DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.875.2143
Villarreal, O. & Kury, A.B. (2023) A family affair: diagnosing and delimiting Prostygnidae (Opiliones: Gonyleptoidea). Arthropoda, 1, 460–472.
Family delimitation [Issued: 2023] • DOI: 10.3390/arthropoda1040021
Villarreal, O., Medrano, M. & Kury, A.B. (2023) Unleashing Abria Sørensen, 1932: New generic rank proposal for a false Venezuelan Cynorta Koch, 1839 (Opiliones: Cosmetidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 305, 42–51.
Generic rank proposal [Issued: 2023] • DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2023.06.001
Carvalho, R.N. & Kury, A.B. (2023b) Rediscovery of the forgotten Paraluederwaldtia bituberculata (Mello-Leitão, 1922) (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae) and a review of the relationships of the genus Paraluederwaldtia Mello-Leitão, 1927. Journal of Natural History, 57(13–16), 854–884.
Rediscovery and generic review [Issued: 2023] • DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2217547
Kury, A.B. & Bernabé, T.N. (2023) Description of two new genera and five new species of clade K92 from Bahia and Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Zootaxa, 5351(4), 401–434.
Two new genera and five new species [Issued: 2023] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.4.1
2024 (12 publications) +
Kury, A.B., Villarreal, O. & Medrano, M. (2024) On the systematic allocation of Liomma Roewer, 1959 (Arachnida: Opiliones: Nomoclastidae) and discovery of a putative synapomorphy for Nomoclastinae. Journal of Natural History, 58(1–4), 1–13.
Systematic allocation with synapomorphy [Issued: 2024] • DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2287765
Medrano, M., Kury, A.B., Martins, P.H. & Proud, D.N. (2024) The first harvestman described from Bocas del Toro Archipelago: a new Poecilaemula (Opiliones: Cosmetidae) and notes about the genus. Journal of Natural History, 58(9–12), 311–329.
First from Bocas del Toro [Issued: 2024] • DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2024.2314966
Carvalho, R.N. & Kury, A.B. (2024a) Further draining of Discocyrtus to expand Neopachylinae (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae): absorption of taxa and establishment of new genera and species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 201, zlae023.
Major subfamily expansion [Issued: 2024] • DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae023
Kury, A.B. & Mendes, A.C. (2024) Deviant unicorns: monocerate and dicerate versions of Carlotta Roewer, 1943 (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae), with description of four new species from Eastern Brazil. Austral Entomology, 63(2), 175–209.
Four new species [Issued: 2024] • DOI: 10.1111/aen.12683
Kury, A.B., Kury, I.S. & Oliveira, A.B.R.de (2024a) Checklists of extant harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) species for all the countries of the world. Zootaxa, 5515(1), 1–162.
World country checklists [Issued: 2024] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5515.1.1
Kury, A.B., Kury, I.S. & Oliveira, A.B.R.de (2024b) Erratum. Checklists of extant harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) species for all the countries of the world. Zootaxa, 5515 (1): 001–162. Zootaxa, 5515(3), 599–600.
World country checklists [Issued: 13 Dec 2024] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.3.10
Carvalho, R.N. & Kury, A.B. (2024b) Further Brazilian "pachylines" absorbed into the DRMN clade: The genus Gyndoides Mello-Leitão, 1927 revisited (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 312, 29–46.
Generic revision into DRMN clade [Issued: 2024] • DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2024.07.011
Carvalho, R.N. & Kury, A.B. (2024c) Filling a geographical gap: new records and a new species of Lacronia (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae) from southern Brazil. Zootaxa, 5496(3), 417–428.
New species and records [Issued: 2024] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.3.7
Villarreal, O., González-Gómez, J.C., Kury, A.B. & García, L.F. (2024) Peering beyond the monotypic veil: taxonomy and notes on the parental care of Neocranaus (Opiliones: Gonyleptoidea: Cranaidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 925, 292–320.
Taxonomy and parental care [Issued: 2024] • DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.925.2471
Kury, A.B. (2024) A new species of Taito Kury and Barros, 2014 from Peru (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cosmetidae: Taitoinae). Journal of Natural History, 58(45–48), 2237–2247.
New Peruvian species [Issued: 2024] • DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2024.2427132
Kury, A.B. & Medrano, M. (2024) Andrés Felipe García Rincón (1988-2023): a young Colombian star extinguished. Caldasia, 45(3), i-v.
Obituary [Issued: 2024] • Available at: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/114605
Qi, X., Kury, A.B. & Zhang, C. (2024) A new genus of Assamiidae (Opiliones, Grassatores) from Xizang, China. ZooKeys, 1215, 27–52.
Tibetan fauna [Issued: 2024] • DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1215.132189

2025+ (4 publications) +

2025
Kury, A.B. & Granado, A. de A. (2025) MicroCT Scan visualization of femur IV apophyses: a promising tool for phylogenetic reconstruction in K92, exemplified by a new species of Cajango (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae). Zootaxa, 5563(1), 209–221.
Methodological innovation [Issued: 2025] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.14
Medrano, M., Caramori, L.R. & Kury, A.B. (2025) Three new species of Paecilaemella (Cosmetidae: Flirteinae) from the upper Amazonian Basin. Zootaxa, 5563(1), 222–236.
Three new Amazonian species [Issued: 2025] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.15
Kury, A.B. & Machado, G. (2025) Redescription of Bonea sarasinorum from Sulawesi, and the relationships of Bonea within Podoctinae (Opiliones, Grassatores, Podoctidae). Zootaxa, 5659(1), 133–145.
Wallacea, Celebes [Issued: 2 Jul 2025] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5659.1.9
Kury, A.B. & Pham, D.S. (2025) A mosaic of Gyinae and Platybuninae traits in a new genus of Phalangiidae from Vietnam (Opiliones: Eupnoi). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 319, 282–299.
Indochina [Issued: 13 Oct 2025] • DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2025.10.001

Non-Opiliones Paper Miscellany

Publications on other arachnid/other arthropod groups, type-catalogs, and miscellaneous topics.

1990s (2 publications) +

1999
Tourinho, A.L.M. & Kury, A.B. (1999) The southernmost record of Schizomida in South America, first records of Schizomida for Rio de Janeiro and of Stenochrus Chamberlin, 1922 for Brazil (Arachnida, Schizomida, Hubbardiidae). Boletim do Museu Nacional. Nova serie, Zoologia, 405, 1–6.
Biogeographical record
Kury, A.B. & Nogueira, A.L.C. (1999) Annotated check list of type specimens of Arachnida in the Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, I. Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones and Solifugae. Publicações Avulsas do Museu Nacional, 77, 1–19.
Collection curation

2000s (5 publications) +

2000
Brandão, C.R.F., Kury, A.B., Magalhães, C. & Mielke, O. (2000) Coleções Zoológicas do Brasil. In: Sistema de Informação Sobre Biodiversidade/Biotecnologia para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável. Base de dados tropical.
Database contribution [Issued: 2000]
2002
Giupponi, A.P.L. & Kury, A.B. (2002) A new species of Charinus from southeastern Brazil. Boletim do Museu Nacional, N.S. Zoologia, Rio de Janeiro, 477: 1-7.
Amblypygi systematics [Issued: 19 April 2002]
2004
Kury, A.B. & Baptista, R.L.C. (2004) Arachnological papers published by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (Arachnida). Publicações Avulsas do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 105: 1-17.
Bibliographic study [Issued: October 2004]
2005
Magalhães, C., Kury, A.B., Bonaldo, A.B., Hajdu, E. & Simone, L.R. (2005) Coleções de invertebrados do Brasil. Work document for Projeto Diretrizes e Estratégias para a Modernização de Coleções Biológicas Brasileiras e a Consolidação de Sistemas Integrados de Informações sobre Biodiversidade.
Collection management policy document [Issued: 2005]
2006
Kury, A.B. et al. (2006) Diretrizes e estratégias para a modernização de coleções biológicas brasileiras e a consolidação de sistemas integrados de informação sobre biodiversidade. Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia, Brasília, DF (Brazil), 314 p.
Technical report - collection policy [Issued: 2006]

2010-2014 (3 publications) +

2010
Souza, L.A., Senna, A.R. & Kury, A.B. (2010) A new species and first record of Gabunillo Schmalfuss & Ferrara, 1983 (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Armadillidae) from the Neotropics. Zootaxa, 2677, 1-14.
Crustacean systematics
Silva-Moreira, T., Baptista, R.L.C., Kury, A.B., Giupponi, A.P.L., Buckup, E.E. & Brescovit, A.D. (2010) Annotated check list of Arachnida type specimens deposited in the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. II - Araneae. Zootaxa, 2588, 1-91.
Collection curation
2013
Giupponi, A.P.L. & Kury, A.B. (2013) Two new species of Heterophrynus Pocock, 1894 from Colombia with distribution notes and a new synonymy (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Phrynidae). Zootaxa, 3647(2), 329–342.
Amblypygi systematics [Issued: 9 May 2013] • DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.5

2015-2019 (6 publications) +

2015
Bertani, R., Godé, L., Kury, A. & Célérier, M.-L. (2015) Aracnídeos (Arachnida) da Reserva Biológica de Pedra Talhada. In: Studer, A., Nusbaumer, L. & Spichiger, R. (Eds.). Biodiversidade da Reserva Biológica de Pedra Talhada (Alagoas, Pernambuco - Brasil). Boissiera, 68: 175-191.
Faunal survey
2016
Ceríaco, L.M.P., Gutiérrez, E.E., Dubois, A. et al. (2016) Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences. Zootaxa, 4196(3), 435–445.
Taxonomic methodology commentary
2018
Miranda, G.S.de, Kury, A.B. & Giupponi, A.P.L. (2018) Review of Trichodamon Mello-Leitão 1935 and phylogenetic placement of the genus in Phrynichidae (Arachnida, Amblypygi). Zoologischer Anzeiger.
Amblypygi systematics [Issued: 11 April 2018] • DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2018.02.006
Zamudio, K., Kellner, A., Serejo, C., Britto, M., Castro, C., Buckup, P., Pires, D., Couri, M., Kury, A.B., Cardoso, I., Monné, M., Pombal Jr., J., Patiu, C., Padula, V., Pimenta, A., Ventura, C., Hajdu, E., Zanol, J., Bruna, E., Fitzpatrick, J., Rocha, L. (2018) Lack of science support fails Brazil. Science, 361(6409), 1322–1323.
Science policy commentary [Issued: 28 September 2018]
Kury, A.B., Giupponi, A.P.L. & Mendes, A.C. (2018) Immolation of Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro – unforgettable fire and irreplaceable loss. Journal of Arachnology, 46(3), 556–558.
Museum fire commentary [Issued: 20 December 2018] • DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-18-094.1
2019
Mugnai, R., Serpa-Filho, A., Nessimian, J.L., Kury, A.B. & Milesi, S.V. (2019) Morphological traits and vertical distribution of hyporheic chironomid larvae in Atlantic Forest streams. Tropical Zoology, 36(2), 1-15.
Aquatic ecology collaboration

2020-2024 (1 publication) +

2021
Engel, M.S., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Daniel, G.M., Dellapé, P.M., Löbl, I., Marinov, M., Reis, R.E., Young, M.T., Dubois, A., Agarwal, I., Kury, A.B., et al. (2021) The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 193, 381-387.
Taxonomic methodology and policy
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