Closing a biogeographic gap: a new pettalid genus from South Australia (Arachnida : Opiliones : Cyphophthalmi : Pettalidae) with a UCE-based phylogeny of Cyphophthalmi

• Published in: Invertebrate Systematics
• Main Authors: Gonzalo Giribet, Matthew Shaw, Arianna Lord, Shahan Derkarabetian
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: CSIRO Publishing 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; New Zealand; Queensland; Eureka; Antarc*; Mite
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1071/IS22043

Pettalidae is a family of mite harvestmen that inhabits the former circum-Antarctic Gondwanan terranes, including southern South America, South Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand. Australia is home to two pettalid genera, Austropurcellia, in northern New South Wales and Queensl...