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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 ).
There are a number of similarities between the Solifugae and the genus Platyoides. The main similarity is the anatomy and colouring of the two species. In particular, the Solifugae and the genus Platyoides share the distinctive feature of longer than average extremities that aid both of the spider species to flatten themselves under rocks and ...
Galeodes is a genus of solifuges or sun spiders. The nearly 200 species in this genus are found in northern Africa, southeastern Europe and Asia. Like other solifuges, they are mainly nocturnal and found in arid habitats.
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As of August 2023, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following five species: [2] Solpuguna alcicornis (Kraepelin, 1914) — Namibia, South Africa; Solpuguna browni (Lawrence, 1928) — Namibia; Solpuguna cervina (Purcell, 1899) — Namibia, South Africa; Solpuguna collinita (Purcell, 1903) — South Africa
Ammotrechidae is a family of solifuges distributed in the Americas and the Caribbean Islands.It includes 26 described genera and 95 species.Members of this family can be distinguished from members of other families by the absence of claws on tarsi of leg I, tarsal segmentation 1-2-2-(2-4), pedipalps with pairs of lateroventral spines, and by males having an immovable flagellum on the mesal ...
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 ...
Boreosolifugae is a suborder of animals in the order Solifugae.In 2023, the internal phylogeny of solifuges was resolved for the first time using phylogenomics. [1] The molecular phylogeny of the order showed evidence for two groups of families, which were recognized as suborders.