Gluvia

Gluvia is a monotypic genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1842.[2] Its single species, Gluvia dorsalis is one of the only species of solifugid found in Portugal and Spain.[3][4][5] It is reported to be a common species on the streets of Madrid.[6]

Gluvia dorsalis eating a cabbage bug (Eurydema oleracea)

Gluvia dorsalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Daesiidae
Genus: Gluvia
C.L. Koch, 1842
Species:
G. dorsalis
Binomial name
Gluvia dorsalis
(Latreille, 1817)
Synonyms [1]

(Species)

  • Galeodes dorsalis Latreille, 1817


References

  1. "Gluvia dorsalis (Latreille 1817)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  2. Koch, Carl Ludwig (1842). "Systematische Uebersicht über die familie der Galeoden". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 2: 350–356.
  3. "Gluvia C.L. Koch, 1842". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  4. A. Curcó Masip; J. Estrada Bonell; A. Folch Albareda; S. Mañosa Rifé (1996). "Importància ecològica i interès biogeogràfic de la Timoneda d'Alfés, Lleida" (PDF) (in Catalan). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-26. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
  5. "Eusimonia in Spain | Field Guide and Catalogues". museum.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  6. J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson (1968). Spiders, scorpions, centipedes, and mites. International Series of Monographs in Chemical Engineering. Pergamon Press.


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