Othoes (arachnid)

Othoes is a genus of Galeodid camel spiders, first described by Arthur Hirst in 1911.[1]

Othoes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Galeodidae
Genus: Othoes
Hirst, 1911
Type species
Othoes floweri
Hirst, 1911
Species

5, see text

Species

As of February 2023, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following five species:[2]

  • Othoes floweri Hirst, 1911 — Sudan
  • Othoes hirsti Lawrence, 1954 — Saudi Arabia
  • Othoes rimmonensis Panouse, Levy & Shulov, 1967 — Israel
  • Othoes saharae Panouse, 1960 — Algeria, Mauritania
  • Othoes vittatus Hirst, 1912 — Israel

References

  1. Hirst, Arthur (1911). "Scorpions and Solifugae collected by Captain S.S. Flower in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (8): 217–222. doi:10.1080/00222931108692928.
  2. "Othoes Hirst, 1911". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.


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