Rhagodes caucasicus

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Rhagodes caucasicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Rhagodidae
Genus: Rhagodes
Species:
R. caucasicus
Binomial name
Rhagodes caucasicus
Birula, 1905

Rhagodes caucasicus is a species of solifuges in the family Rhagodidae.

The type locality of the species is Tuzluca, Turkey, although it was previously misidentified as being in Armenia. [1] The species is also known from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran. [2] The species is described as "narrowly distributed and uncommon".[ citation needed ]

References

  1. Koç, Halil; Moradi, Mohammed; Aydın Yağmur, Ersen; Moradi Gharahkloo, Pooyan (1 December 2015). "Correction of the Type Locality of Rhagodes Caucasicus, and the First Record of the Species from Iran With Redescription of the Species from Turkey (Solifugae: Rhagodidae)". Entomological News. 125 (4): 260–268. doi:10.3157/021.125.0406.
  2. Erdek, Melek; Gharahkloo, Mohammed (6 November 2019). Comparison of the external morphology in males of Rhagodes caucasicus Birula 1905 and Rhagodes eylandti (Walter 1889) (Arachnida: Solifugae: Rhagodidae). 4th International Engineering and Natural Sciences Conference. pp. 16–17.