Parapurcellia monticola

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pettalidae
Genus: Parapurcellia
Species: Parapurcellia monticola

Name

Parapurcellia monticola (Lawrence, 1939).

Type locality: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Province, Drakensberg Mountains.

Typus: Syntype males ♂♂, females ♀♀.

Synonyms

• Purcellia monticola Lawrence, 1939: 229, figs. 2e, 3e, 4b. Protonym.
• Parapurcellia monticola (Lawrence, 1939), New combination per Rosas Costa, 1950: 137.

References

Primary references

• Lawrence, R.F. 1939. A contribution to the Opilionid fauna of Natal and Zululand. Annals of the Natal Museum 9(2): 225–243. Reference page. 
• Rosas Costa, J.A. 1950. Sinopsis de los géneros de Sironidae, con la descripción de dos géneros y una especie nuevos. (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi). Arthropoda, Buenos Aires 1(2/4): 127–151. PDF

Additional references

• de Bivort, B.L. & Giribet, G. 2010. A systematic revision of the South African Pettalidae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi) based on a combined analysis of discrete and continuous morphological characters with the description of seven new species. Invertebrate Systematics 24(4): 371–406. DOI: 10.1071/IS10015 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 20, 2024]

Links

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

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