Family: Daesiidae
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Occurs in Africa, southern Europe and the Middle East, and
further east to Central Asia and China. There are also a few species in the
southern parts of South America. There are 28 genera and 189 species worldwide,
with six genera and 89 species native to southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
Information from Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. (2006)
and Harvey (2003).
Biton
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. |
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Blossia
Distribution includes Africa and the Middle East. Of the
49 species, 40 have been recorded from southern Africa. |
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Eberlanzia
Two species of which one, Eberlanzia flava, occurs
in southern Africa. It has been recorded from Luderitz and Gobabeb in the
Namib Desert, Namibia. |
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Hemiblossia
Of the 18 species in this African genus, 15 have been
recorded from southern Africa. |
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Hemiblossiola
One species, Hemiblossiola kraepelini, recorded
from the Kamiesberg Mountains, Northern Cape, South Africa. |
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Namibesia One species,
Namibesia pallida, recorded from the Namib Desert, Namibia. |
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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 © |