Pettalus

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Scopulophthalmi
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 Infraorden: Scopulophthalmi

Pettalus Thorell, 1876: 469.

Type species: Cyphophthalmus cimiciformis Pickard-Cambridge, 1875, by original designation.

Gender: masculine

None.

Thorell, T.T.T. 1876. Sopra alcuni opilioni (Phalangidea) d'Europa e dell'Asia occidentale con un quadro dei generi Europei de quest'ordine. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genoa. (Series 1), 8: 452–508. BHL Reference page.
Pickard-Cambridge, O. 1875. On three new and curious forms of Arachnida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 16: 383–390, pl. xii. Reference page.

Sharma, P., Karunarathna, I. & Giribet, G. 2009. On the endemic Sri Lankan genus Pettalus (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Pettalidae) with a description of a new species and a discussion of its diversity. Journal of Arachnology 37(1): 60–67. DOI: 10.1636/H08-56.1 Preview (PDF) 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 16, 2024]

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