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Checklist for Suborder Cyphophthalmi Simon, 1879 (mite-harvestmen)
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)


Class
 		Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids		72
164
146		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
16
31
35		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Opiliones
Sundevall, 1833
Daddy long-legs, Daddy longlegs, Daddy-long-legs		5
16
18		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Cyphophthalmi
Simon, 1879
Mite-harvestmen		1
2
3		Family
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Town
1 Family width 3 Species
Pettalidae Simon, 18793SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Town
2 Genera with 3 Species
Purcellia Hansen & Sø..., 19042SpeciesTaxom
Speliosiro Lawrence, 19311SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Town
3 Species
Purcellia argasiformis Lawrence, 1931
Purcellia illustrans Hansen & Sø..., 1904
Speliosiro argasiformis Lawrence, 1931

Subnodes of Cyphophthalmi with occurrences in Cape Town
InfraorderScopulophthalmi
Giribet et al., 2012
1
2
3		Family
Genera
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Cyphophthalmi at biodiversity.org.au
Cyphophthalmi at itis.gov