Pettalidae
Sign in to saveThe Pettalidae are a family of harvestmen with 75 described species in 10 genera. Several undescribed species are known or assumed in some genera.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- Family
- Pettalidae
- Collections
- MCZ, NMV, AM, SAM
- Recorded in
- New Zealand, Australia
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- Name
- Description
- Distribution
- Relationships
- Species
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- Footnotes
- References
The Pettalidae are a family of harvestmen with 75 described species in 10 genera. Several undescribed species are known or assumed in some genera.
==Name== Pettalus is a name from Greek mythology that appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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