Caddella africana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acropsopilionoidea
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: Dyspnoi Superfamilia: Acropsopilionoidea

Familia: Acropsopilionidae
Genus: Caddella
Species: Caddella africana

Name

Caddella africana (Lawrence, 1931): 470.

Type locality: South Africa, Western Cape Province, Ladismith. (See also other localities for comparative material in original description, but notably "Caledon" later re-defined as Caddella spatulipilis caledonica Lawrence, 1934).

Typus: Holotype "1 specimen" (unsexed)

Synonyms

• Oonopsopilio africanus (Lawrence, 1931: 470. (Protonym).
• “Cadella” africana (Lawrence 1931) in Lawrence 1934: 584 (Revised combination in key, misspelling).
• Caddella africana (Lawrence 1931): 584; Kauri 1961: 139.

References

Primary references

• Lawrence, R.F. 1931. The harvest-spiders (Opiliones) of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 29: 341–508. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lawrence, R.F. 1934. New South African Opiliones. Annals of the South African Museum 30: 549–586. BHL Reference page. 
• Lotz, L.N. 2011. Three new harvestmen species from southern Africa (Arachnida: Opiliones: Caddidae, Neopilionidae, Assamiidae). Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 7: 3–8. Reference page. 
• Staręga, W. 1988. A new species of Caddella (Opiliones: Caddidae) from South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 29(2): 529–532. Reference page. 
• Staręga, W. 2008. Contribution to the knowledge of South African Caddidae, with description of a new species (Arachnida: Opiliones). Polish Journal of Entomology 77(3): 171–176. 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 December 23, 2023]

Links

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

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