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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).
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 ).
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.
Daesiidae is a family of solifugids, which are widespread in Africa and the Middle East. [1] Members of the family are also present in India, Italy, South America, the Balkans, and the single species Gluvia dorsalis in the Iberian Peninsula.
Fun fact: X. huebneri is not the only species with the common name "camel spider". This name has been given, generally, to the whole order of Solifugae. Camel spiders get their name from a historical misconception that they burrow into the stomachs of camels. [4] It is now known that camel spiders are typically not aggressive towards large ...
Gylippus is a genus of gylippid camel spiders, first described by Eugène Simon in 1879. [1] Species
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Solpuga is a genus of solpugid camel spiders, first described by Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein in 1796. [1] Species