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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).
As of April 2023, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following five species: [2] Rhagodessa cloudsleythompsoni Benoit, 1964 — Sudan; Rhagodessa judaica (Kraepelin, 1899) — Israel, Syria; Rhagodessa melanocephala (Simon, 1879) — Eritrea, Sudan; Rhagodessa sudanensis Roewer, 1933 — Sudan; Rhagodessa zionensis Roewer, 1933 — Israel
As of August 2023, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following ten species: [2] Solpugyla centralis (Hewitt, 1927) — Tanzania; Solpugyla darlingii (Pocock, 1897) — Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe; Solpugyla globicornis (Kraepelin, 1899) — South Africa; Solpugyla katangana Roewer, 1933 — Congo; Solpugyla kigoma Roewer ...
Rhagodippa is a monotypic genus of rhagodid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1933. [1] Its single species, Rhagodippa albatra is distributed in Djibouti . [ 2 ]
As of April 2023, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following four species: [2] Rhagodopa brevipes (Gervais, 1842) — India, Nepal; Rhagodopa ferghana Roewer, 1933 — Kyrgyzstan; Rhagodopa jaffana Roewer, 1933 — Israel; Rhagodopa setipes (Birula, 1905) — Iran or Pakistan
As of April 2023, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following twenty-one species: [2] Gylippus afghanensis Roewer, 1960 — Afghanistan; Gylippus afghanus (Roewer, 1933) — Afghanistan; Gylippus bayrami Erdek, 2015 — Turkey; Gylippus bergi Birula, 1907 — Tajikistan; Gylippus caucasicus Birula, 1907 — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia ...
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