Species list, Checklist of Family Pettalidae for Cape Town (Western Cape)

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Checklist for Family Pettalidae Simon, 1879
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
Infraorder	Scopulophthalmi Giribet et al., 2012	1 2 3	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Pettalidae Simon, 1879	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Cape Town
2 Genera with 3 Species

Purcellia Hansen & Sø..., 1904		2	Species	Taxom
Speliosiro Lawrence, 1931		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Cape Town
3 Species

Purcellia argasiformis Lawrence, 1931
Purcellia illustrans Hansen & Sø..., 1904
Speliosiro argasiformis Lawrence, 1931

Links, sources and further information

Pettalidae at biodiversity.org.au
Pettalidae at gbif.org
Pettalidae at irmng.org
Pettalidae at itis.gov