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Speleosiro
Speleosiro argasiformis
Speleosiro argasiformis Lawrence, 1931 (from original description)

Suborder

Cyphophthalmi

Infraorder

Scopulophthalmi

Family

Pettalidae

Speleosiro Lawrence, 1931 was a monospecific genus in the family Pettalidae.

Species[]

=> Purcellia argasiformis (Lawrence, 1931) per Giribet et al. (2016).

Diagnosis[]

Notes[]

  • Location: South Africa

Literature[]

  • Giribet, G., Boyer, S.L., Baker, C.M., Fernández, R., Sharma, P.P., de Bivort, B.L., Daniels, S.R., Harvey, M.S. & Griswold, C.E. (2016) A molecular phylogeny of the temperate Gondwanan family Pettalidae (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) and the limits of taxonomic sampling. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 178, 523–545.

References[]

  1. Lawrence, R.F. (1931) The Harvest-Spiders (Opiliones) of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, Cape Town, 29(2), 341–508.


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