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Solifugae is an order of arachnids known variously as solifuges, sun spiders, camel spiders, and wind scorpions. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 147 genera . Despite the common names, they are neither true scorpions (order Scorpiones) nor true spiders (order Araneae ).
Galeodes arabs is one of the larger species of camel spider and can reach a length of about 15 centimetres (5.9 in). They have large, powerful jaws, reaching one-third of their body length. They are nocturnal. They can reach a speed of 10 miles per hour (16 km/h).
This Carboniferous camel spider was discovered in the Mazon Creek fossil beds of Illinois. [1] [2] An illustration of Protosolpuga. References. Paleontology portal;
Xenotrecha is a monotypic genus of ammotrechid camel spiders.The first description of this species was of a female specimen, collected by and named after Georg Hübner, and examined by Karl Kraepelin in 1899. [1]
Gluvia is a genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1842. [2] It only has two species, Gluvia dorsalis and Gluvia brunnea, the only two species of solifugid found in Portugal and Spain.
Menneus capensis, also known as Cape camel-back spider, is a species of net-casting spider in the family Deinopidae. It is endemic to the Western Cape in South Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] : 15
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