| Rhagodidae | |
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| Rhagodeya species | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Solifugae |
| Family: | Rhagodidae Pocock, 1897 |
| Genera | |
See text. | |
| Diversity | |
| 27 genera, 102 species | |
Rhagodidae is a family of solifuges, first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. [1]
As of November 2022 [update] , the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following twenty-seven 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.
Reginald Innes Pocock F.R.S. was a British zoologist.
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.
Galeodes is a genus of solifuges or sun spiders. The nearly 200 species in this genus are found in northern Africa, southeastern Europe and Asia. Like other solifuges, they are mainly nocturnal and found in arid habitats. They often have long hairy appendages and are not as stout bodied or dark and contrastingly coloured as some other solifuges. Some Galeodes species are able to produce sounds by stridulation. These are usually raspy or hiss-like and may be imitations of the sounds of vipers, to serve a defensive function. As in other solifuges, mating involves the male depositing a spermatogonia that is manipulated into the female genital opening using their chelicera. The male strokes the female using the palps allowing her to be approached. Females will often feed on males before or after mating. The female then deposits the eggs in a burrow in soil and in some species guards them.
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.
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.
Euprosthenops is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897.
Hexisopodidae is a family of solifuges, first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897.
Ceromidae is a family of solifuges, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1933.
Pseudocleobis is a genus of ammotrechid camel spiders, first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1900.
Ammotrechula is a genus of ammotrechid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1934.
Ammotrecha is a genus of ammotrechid camel spiders, first described by Nathan Banks in 1900.
Ceroma is a genus of ceromid camel spiders, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1885.
Ceromella is a genus of ceromid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1933.
Biton is a genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1880.
Blossia is a genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Eugène Simon in 1880.
Gluviopsis is a genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Karl Kraepelin in 1899.
Gylippidae is a family of solifuges, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1933.
Melanoblossidae is a family of solifuges, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1933.
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