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  2. Solifugae - Wikipedia

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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). Because of this, it is less ambiguous to call ...

  3. List of arthropod orders - Wikipedia

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    Order Schizomida (Short-tailed whip scorpions) Order Pseudoscorpionida (Pseudoscorpions, or false scorpions) Order Scorpiones (True scorpions) Order Uropygi (Thelyphonida s.s., whip scorpions) Order †Trigonotarbida; Order Opiliones (Harvestmen, also known as daddy longlegs) Order †Phalangiotarbida; Order Solifugae (Sun spiders or wind ...

  4. List of medically significant spider bites - Wikipedia

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    The arachnids of the order Solifugae, also known as wind scorpions, camel or sun spiders, are neither spiders nor scorpions. In the Middle East , it is common belief among some American soldiers stationed there that Solifugae will feed on living human flesh.

  5. Arachnid - Wikipedia

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    Arachnids are arthropods in the class Arachnida (/ ə ˈ r æ k n ɪ d ə /) of the subphylum Chelicerata. Arachnida includes, among others, spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, camel spiders, whip spiders and vinegaroons. [2] Adult arachnids have eight legs attached to the cephalothorax.

  6. Spider taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    Mesothelae resemble the Solifugae ("wind scorpions" or "sun scorpions") in having segmented plates on their abdomens that create the appearance of the segmented abdomens of these other arachnids. They are both few in number and also limited in geographical range. †Arthrolycosidae (primitive spiders, extinct)

  7. List of lesser arachnids of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Camel spiders, also known as wind scorpions or sun spiders are not true relatives of true scorpions or spiders however. Body divides into two regions as in other arachnids. They have conspicuously large two chelicerae. They do not have a tail. More than 1000 species of crab spiders described under 153 genera and 12 families.

  8. Chelicerata - Wikipedia

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    However, in sea spider and arachnids, the pedipalps are more or less specialized for sensory [12] or prey-catching function [10] – for example scorpions have pincers [20] and male spiders have bulbous tips that act as syringes to inject sperm into the females' reproductive openings when mating.

  9. Arachnology - Wikipedia

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    Arachnology is the scientific study of arachnids, which comprise spiders and related invertebrates such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen. Those who study spiders and other arachnids are arachnologists. More narrowly, the study of spiders alone (order Araneae) is known as araneology. [1]