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


Class
 		Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids		159
544
830		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Dromopoda
Shultz, 1990
32
77
182		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Opiliones
Sundevall, 1833
Daddy long-legs, Daddy longlegs, Daddy-long-legs		8
28
53		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

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


List of families for Western Cape
1 Family width 4 Species
Pettalidae Simon, 18794SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Western Cape
2 Genera with 4 Species
Purcellia Hansen & Sø..., 20083SpeciesTaxom
Speliosiro Lawrence, 19311SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
4 Species
Purcellia argasiformis Lawrence, 1931
Purcellia illustrans Hansen & Sø..., 1904
Purcellia leleupi Starega, 2008
Speliosiro argasiformis Lawrence, 1931

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



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