Cyrnellus Banks, 1913

Oláh, János & Johanson, Kjell Arne, 2010, Generic review of Polycentropodidae with description of 32 new species and 19 new species records from the Oriental, Australian and Afrotropical Biogeographical Regions 2435, Zootaxa 2435 (1), pp. 1-63 : 55

Cyrnellus Banks

Cyrnellus Banks, 1913a: 88 .

Type species: Cyrnellus minimus Banks , original designation.

Diagnosis: The species in this genus are characterized by having maxillary palps with long 2nd segment, 3rd segment slightly longer than 2nd segment; 3rd segment originating subapically on lateral face on the 2nd segment; forewings each with a closed discoidal cell; an open median cell; and apical forks 2, 3, 4, and 5; hind wings each with an open discoidal cell and apical forks 2 and 5. Gonopods long, horizontal, each with subapical and mesad-directed, strongly sclerotized, conical, pointed process, rarely double-toothed. The genus is exclusively Neotropical, although 1 species extends its range into the Nearctic Region.