| Karschiidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Solifugae |
| Family: | Karschiidae Kraepelin, 1899 |
Karschiidae is a family of solifuges, first described by Karl Kraepelin in 1899. [1]
As of October 2022 [update] , the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following four genera: [2]
Solifugae is an order of animals in the class Arachnida known variously as camel spiders, wind scorpions, sun spiders, or solifuges. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 147 genera. Despite the common names, they are neither true scorpions, nor true spiders. Most species of Solifugae live in dry climates and feed opportunistically on ground-dwelling arthropods and other small animals. The largest species grow to a length of 12–15 cm (5–6 in), including legs. A number of urban legends exaggerate the size and speed of the Solifugae, and their potential danger to humans, which is negligible.
Ammotrechidae is a family of solifuges distributed in the Americas and the Caribbean Islands. It includes 26 described genera and 95 species. Members of this family can be distinguished from members of other families by the absence of claws on tarsi of leg I, tarsal segmentation 1-2-2-(2-4), pedipalps with pairs of lateroventral spines, and by males having an immovable flagellum on the mesal face of each chelicerum. The propeltidium of the Ammotrechidae is recurved.
Daesiidae is a family of solifugids, which are widespread in Africa and the Middle East. 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.
Karl Matthias Friedrich Magnus Kraepelin was a German naturalist who specialised in the study of scorpions, centipedes, spiders and solfugids, and was noted for his monograph Scorpiones und Pedipalpi (Berlin) in 1899, which was an exhaustive survey of the taxonomy of the Order Scorpiones. From 1889 to 1914, he served as the Director of the Naturhistorisches Museum Hamburg, which was destroyed during World War II, and worked on myriapods from 1901 to 1916.
Eremobatidae is a family of solifuges, first described by Karl Kraepelin in 1901.
Galeodidae is a family of solifuges, first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833.
Eremocosta is a genus of Eremobatid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1934.
Rhagodessa is a genus of rhagodid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1933.
Saronomus is a monotypic genus of ammotrechid camel spiders, first described by Karl Kraepelin in 1900. Its single species, Saronomuscapensis can be encountered in Colombia and Venezuela.
Procleobis is a monotypic genus of ammotrechid camel spiders, first described by Karl Kraepelin in 1899. Its single species, Procleobispatagonicus is distributed in Argentina.
Pseudocleobis is a genus of ammotrechid camel spiders, first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1900.
Ceromella is a genus of ceromid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1933.
Hemiblossia is a genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Karl Kraepelin in 1899.
Biton is a genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1880.
Gluviopsis is a genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Karl Kraepelin in 1899.
Karschia is a genus of karschiid camel spiders, first described by Alfred Walter in 1889.
Paragaleodes is a genus of Galeodid camel spiders, first described by Karl Kraepelin in 1899.
Hexisopus is a genus of hexisopodid camel spiders, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.
Eusimonia is a genus of karschiid camel spiders, first described by Karl Kraepelin in 1899.
Rhagodes is a genus of rhagodid camel spiders, first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897.
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