Rhagodes

Rhagodes
Rhagodes caucasicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Solifugae
Family:	Rhagodidae
Genus:	Rhagodes Pocock, 1897
Type species
Rhagodes melanus (Olivier, 1807)
Species
27, see text

Rhagodes is a genus of rhagodid camel spiders, first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. ^[1]

Species

As of April 2023 ^[update] , the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following twenty-seven species: ^[2]

• Rhagodes aegypticus Roewer, 1933 — Egypt
• Rhagodes ahwazensis Kraus, 1959 — Iran
• Rhagodes albolimbata Caporiacco, 1927 — Somalia
• Rhagodes anthracinus Pocock, 1900 — Somalia
• Rhagodes ater (Roewer, 1933) — Israel
• Rhagodes aureus (Pocock, 1889) — Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia, Turkmenistan
• Rhagodes buryi Pocock, 1903 — Yemen
• Rhagodes caucasicus Birula, 1905 — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey
• Rhagodes eylandti (Walter, 1889) — Iran, Turkmenistan
• Rhagodes furiosus (C.L. Koch, 1842) — Egypt, Libya
• Rhagodes karschi Kraepelin, 1899 — Tanzania
• Rhagodes leucopygus Birula, 1905 — Iran
• Rhagodes massaicus Roewer, 1933 — Tanzania
• Rhagodes melanochaetus Heymons, 1902 — Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
• Rhagodes melanopygus (Walter, 1889) — Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan
• Rhagodes melanus (Olivier, 1807) — Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Tunisia
• Rhagodes metatarsalis (Roewer, 1933) — Afghanistan
• Rhagodes minor Lawrence, 1956 — Afghanistan
• Rhagodes nicotrae Caporiacco, 1939 — Somalia
• Rhagodes persica Kraepelin, 1899 — Iran
• Rhagodes phipsoni (Pocock, 1895) — Sri Lanka
• Rhagodes plumbescens (Walter, 1889) — Turkmenistan
• Rhagodes rothschildi Pocock, 1903 — Yemen
• Rhagodes semiflavus (Pocock, 1889) — Pakistan
• Rhagodes strandi Caporiacco, 1939 — Somalia
• Rhagodes trambustii Caporiacco, 1950 — Somalia
• Rhagodes zugmayeri (Roewer, 1933) — Pakistan

References

1. Pocock, R. I. (1897). "On the genera and species of tropical African Arachnida of the order Solifugae, with notes upon the taxonomy and habits of the group". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 20 (6): 249–272.
2. "Rhagodes Pocock, 1897". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.