Daesiidae

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. A single fossil species is known from Eocene Baltic amber.[2]

Daesiidae
Temporal range:
Gluvia dorsalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Daesiidae
Kraepelin, 1899

Genera

As of September 2022, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following twenty-nine genera:[3]

References

  1. "Family Daesiidae Kraepelin 1899". The Arachnid Order Solifugae. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  2. Jason A. Dunlop & Anja E. Klanz (2009). "A second camel spider (Arachnida: Solifugae) from Baltic amber" (PDF). Acta Geologica Polonica. 59 (1): 39–44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.
  3. "Daesiidae Kraepelin, 1899". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.


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