Toreus

Toreus is a monotypic genus of ceromid camel spiders, first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1903.[1] Its single species, Toreus capensis is distributed in South Africa.[2]

Toreus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Ceromidae
Genus: Toreus
Purcell, 1903
Species:
T. capensis
Binomial name
Toreus capensis
(Purcell, 1899)

References
  1. Purcell, William Frederick (1903). "Descriptions of new genera and species of South African Solpugidae". Annals of the South African Museum. 3: 1–12.
  2. "Toreus Purcell, 1903". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.


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