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Scopulophthalmi
Pettalus by Boyer
Pettalus sp. - Sri Lanka - from Sarah L. Boyer website [1]. Copyright © Sarah Boyer.

Suborder

Cyphophthalmi

Diversity

73 spp[1]

Scopulophthalmi Giribet et al., 2012 is an infraorder of Cyphophthalmi proposed based in analysis of morphological and molecular data.[2]

Families[]

References[]

  1. Kury, A.B. (2000 onwards) Classification of Opiliones. Museu Nacional/UFRJ website. Online at: http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/mndi/Aracnologia/opiliones.html
  2. GIRIBET, G., SHARMA, P. P., BENAVIDES, L. R., BOYER, S. L., CLOUSE, R. M., DE BIVORT, B. L., DIMITROV, D., KAWAUCHI, G. Y., MURIENNE, J. and SCHWENDINGER, P. J. (2012), Evolutionary and biogeographical history of an ancient and global group of arachnids (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi) with a new taxonomic arrangement. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 105: 92–130. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01774.x
Cyphophthalmi Classification
Incertae sedis
Not assigned to family Foveacorpus | Ankaratra | Marwe | Sheargovea
Infraorder Boreophthalmi
Incertae sedis Mesopsalis | †Palaeosiro | †Sirocellus
Family Sironidae Arhesiro | Cyphophthalmus | Holosiro | Iberosiro | Neosiro | Odontosiro | Paramiopsalis | Parasiro | Siro | Suzukielus
Family Stylocellidae Subfamily Fangensinae Fangensis | Giribetia
Subfamily Leptopsalidinae Leptopsalis | Miopsalis
Subfamily Stylocellinae Meghalaya | Stylocellus
Infraorder Scopulophthalmi
Family Pettalidae Aoraki | Austropurcellia | Chileogovea | Karripurcellia | Milipurcellia | Manangotria | Neopurcellia | Parapurcellia | Pettalus | Purcellia | Rakaia | Speleosiro
Infraorder Sternophthalmi
Family Troglosironidae Troglosiro
Family Neogoveidae Brasiliogovea | Canga | Huitaca | Metagovea | Metasiro | Neogovea | Paragovia | Tucanogovea
Family Ogoveidae Ogovea
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