Cyphophthalmi

Pettalidae

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Opiliones
Subordo: Cyphophthalmi
Infraordines: Boreophthalmi – Scopulophthalmi – Sternophthalmi

Unplaced familia: Parasironidae
Unplaced genera: Ankaratra – Marwe – Shearogovea
Unplaced genera (extinct): †Foveacorpus

Overview of familiae

Neogoveidae – Ogoveidae – Pettalidae – Sironidae – Stylocellidae – Troglosironidae

Name

• Cyphophthalmi Simon, 1879: 142.

Synonyms

None.

References

Primary references

• Simon, E. 1879. Les Arachnides de France. vii. Contenant les ordres des Chernetes, Scorpiones et Opiliones. Paris, Librairie Encyclopèdique de Roret, pp. 1–332, pl. 17-24. Reference page. 

Additional references

• de Bivort, B.L., Clouse, R.M. & Giribet, G. 2012. A cladistic reconstruction of the ancestral mite harvestman (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi): portrait of a Paleozoic detritivore. Cladistics 28(6): 582–597. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00407.x . Reference page. 
• Dunlop, J.A. & Mitov, P.G. 2011. The first fossil cyphophthalmid harvestman from Baltic amber. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 40: 47–54. Reference page. 
• Forster, R.R. 1948. The sub-order Cyphophthalmi Simon in New Zealand. Dominion Museum Records in Entomology 1: 79–119. Reference page. 
• Giribet, G. 2000. Catalogue of the Cyphophthalmi of the World (Arachnida, Opiliones). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 2: 49–76. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Giribet, G. & Shear, W.A. 2010. The genus Siro Latreille, 1796 (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Sironidae) in North America with a phylogenetic analysis based on molecular data and the description of four new species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 160(1): 1–33. DOI: 10.3099/0027-4100-160.1.1 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Giribet, G., Sharma, P.P., Boyer, S.L., Clouse, R.M., de Bivort, B.L., Dimitrov, D.. Kawauchi, G.Y., Murienne, J.Y. & 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 . Reference page. 
• Savory, T.H. 1977. Cyphophthalmi: the case for promotion. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 9(3): 299–304. Reference page. 
• Suzuki, S. 1985. A synopsis of the Opiliones of Thailand (Arachnida) I: Cyphophthalmi and Laniatores. Steenstrupia. 11: 69–100. Reference page. 
• Kury, A.B., Mendes, A.C., Cardoso, L., Kury, M.S., Granado, A. d. A., Giribet, G., Cruz-López, J.A., Longhorn, S.J., Medrano, M. & de Oliveira, A.B.R. 2023. World Catalogue of Opiliones (WCO-Lite version 2.5.1 - June 2023. Digital resource at wcolite.com). In: O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D.R. Hernández Robles, C.A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R.E. DeWalt, M. Keping, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, E.M. Adriaenssens, et al. Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2023-07-13). DOI: 10.48580/dfsy-4pt Reference page.  [accessed on January 10, 2024]

Vernacular names

English: mite harvestmen

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Cyphophthalmi – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cyphophthalmi.
• ION

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