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Genus: Biton

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Arthropoda > Arachnomorpha > Cheliceriformes > Chelicerata > Euchelicerata > Arachnida > Solifugae > Family: Daesiidae

Distribution includes Africa, South-Eastern Europe, Middle East and Central Asia. Of the 66 species, 50 have been recorded from Africa, and 31 from southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

Information from Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. (2006) and Harvey (2003).

Biton adamanteus

Occurs in Namibia (e.g. Sossus Vlei and Swakopmund) and South Africa (e.g. Richtersveld).

 

Biton arenicola

Recorded from Obib Sand dunes in the Diamond Area near Luderitz, Namibia.

 

Biton bernardi

Recorded from Hex River Valley through to the Groot Swartberg in the Western Cape, South Africa.

 

Biton betschuanicus

Recorded from Lobatsi in Botswana and Mafikeng in the Northwest Province, South Africa.

 

Biton browni

Recorded from Oranjemund in Namibia and from near Alexander Bay on the other side of the Orange River in the Northern Cape,South Africa.

 

Biton cataractus

Recorded from Augrabies Falls National Park (Northern Cape, South Africa) and Nambia.

 

Biton crassidens

Recorded from Bowesdorp (Northern Cape, South Africa).

 

Biton gaerdesi

Recorded from Okahandja, Namibia.

 

Biton gariesensis

Recorded from Kamieskroon in the Northern Cape, South Africa.

 

Biton haackei

Recorded from Brand Kaross in the Northern Cape, South Africa.

 

Biton hottentottus

Recorded from the South Africa (Northern Cape), Botswana and Namibia..

 

Biton kolbei

Recorded from Bulawayo in Zimbabwe and Bethanie in the North West Province, South Africa.

 

Biton kraekolbei

Recorded from South Africa (Northern Cape and Western Cape), Namibia and Zimbabwe

 

Biton leipoldti

Recorded from Lamberts Bay and vicinity in the Western Cape, South Africa.

 

Biton lineatus

Recorded from the Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and North West Provinces of South Africa, mainly in karoo-based localities.

 

Biton longisetosus

Recorded from the Northern Cape part of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

 

Biton mossambicus

Recorded from Tete, Mozambique.

 

Biton namaqua

Recorded from South Africa (Northern Cape) and Namibia.

 

Biton ovambicus

Recorded from the Kunene River, Kaokoland, Namibia.

 

Biton pallidus

Recorded from the Northern Cape, South Africa.

 

Biton pearsoni

Recorded from Namibia and South Africa (Northern Cape).

 

Biton rhodesianus

Recorded from South Africa (Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga) and Zimbabwe.

 

Biton roeweri

Recorded from Pemba, Zimbabwe.

 

Biton schreineri

Recorded from South Africa (Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, Western Cape).

 

Biton schultzei

Recorded from Botswana, South Africa (Northern Cape).

 

Biton striatus

Recorded from Namibia and South Africa (Northern Cape).

 

Biton subulatus

Recorded from South Africa (Northern Cape).

 

Biton tenuifalcis

Recorded from South Africa (Northern Cape) and Namibia.

 

Biton transvaalensis

Recorded from South Africa (Limpopo Province).

 

Biton triseriatus

Recorded from South Africa (Northern Cape) and Namibia.

 

Biton werneri

Recorded from Windhoek, Namibia.

 

Publications

  • Dippenaar-Schoeman A, Gonzalez Reyers AX, Harvey MS. 2006. A check-list of the Solifugae (sun spiders) of South Africa (Arachnida: Solifugae). African Plant Protection 12:70-92.
  • Harvey MS. 2003. Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world. CSIRO Publishing, Australia.

Text by Norman Larsen ©