Solpuga

Solpuga is a genus of solpugid camel spiders, first described by Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein in 1796.[1]

Solpuga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Solpugidae
Genus: Solpuga
Lichtenstein, 1796
Type species
Solpuga chelicornis
Lichtenstein, 1796
Species

32, see text

Species

As of August 2023, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following thirty-two species:[2]

  • Solpuga alstoni Purcell, 1902 — South Africa
  • Solpuga angolensis (Roewer, 1933) — Angola
  • Solpuga atriceps Lawrence, 1949 — South Africa
  • Solpuga bechuanica Hewitt, 1914 — Botswana, Namibia
  • Solpuga bovicornis Lawrence, 1929 — South Africa
  • Solpuga brunnipes (Dufour, 1861) — Algeria, Ethiopia
  • Solpuga butleri Pocock, 1895 — Congo
  • Solpuga carvalhoi Lawrence, 1960 — Angola
  • Solpuga centenariorum Frade, 1940 — Angola
  • Solpuga chelicornis Lichtenstein, 1796 — Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
  • Solpuga conservatorum (Lawrence, 1964) — South Africa
  • Solpuga festae Borelli, 1925 — Libya
  • Solpuga fitzsimonsi Lawrence, 1935 — South Africa
  • Solpuga hewitti Hirst, 1916 — Congo
  • Solpuga hispidicelis Lawrence, 1964 — Zimbabwe
  • Solpuga machadoi Lawrence, 1960 — Angola
  • Solpuga massaica Roewer, 1941 — Tanzania
  • Solpuga matabelena Chamberlin, 1925 — Zimbabwe
  • Solpuga mulongoa Benoit, 1960 — Congo
  • Solpuga praedatrix Lawrence, 1968 — Botswana
  • Solpuga richardi Roewer, 1950 — Congo
  • Solpuga robusta Frade, 1940 — Guinea-Bissau
  • Solpuga roeweri Fage, 1936 — Kenya
  • Solpuga rufescens C.L. Koch, 1842 — South Africa
  • Solpuga simplex Benoit, 1960 — Congo
  • Solpuga suffusca Hewitt, 1916 — South Africa
  • Solpuga truncata (Lawrence, 1968) — South Africa
  • Solpuga upembana Roewer, 1952 — Congo
  • Solpuga venosa Purcell, 1899 — South Africa
  • Solpuga villosa Purcell, 1899 — South Africa
  • Solpuga wittei Roewer, 1952 — Congo
  • Solpuga zuluana Lawrence, 1937 — South Africa

References
  1. Lichtenstein, A. A. H. (1796). Catalogus musei zoologici ditissimi Hamburgi, d. III. Februar. 1796 auctionis lege distrahendi. Sectio Tertia. Continens Insecta. Hamburg: Schniebes.
  2. "Solpuga Lichtenstein, 1796". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.


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