Title: A new species of Caddella (Opiliones: Caddidae) from South Africa
Abstract: Caddella croeseri sp. n. is described from the eastern Cape Province and Natal. A brief review of the distribution of known species of the genus is given, and a key for their identification. The genus Caddella was established by Hirst (1925) for a single species, C. capensis, from the Cape Province of South Africa. It was considered to be a member of the family Acropsopilionidae which then contained only a monotypic genus from Chile. In 1931 Lawrence created another monotypic genus, Oonopsopilio, and in 1935 synonymised it with Caddella and described one more species with a colour variety. Kauri (1961) redescribed C. capensis and C. africana but left the genus in Acropsopilionidae. In 1975 Shear, when revising the American forms of Caddidae, included the African species and assigned them to this family, recognising Acropsopilioninae as a subfamily. The three southern African species described to date are: .
Publication Year: 1988
Publication Date: 1988-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
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