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Genus: Hexisopus
Life
> Eukaryotes
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Opisthokonta >
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> Arachnida > Solifugae
> Family: Hexisopodidae
Fifteen species, of which 14 have been recorded from southern
Africa. The remaining species is known from Angola.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. (2006)
and Harvey (2003).
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Hexisopus aureopilosus
Recorded from the Omaruru River near Hentiesbaai, Namibia. |
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Hexisopus crassus
Recorded from Worcester in the Western Cape, South Africa. |
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Hexisopus eberlanzi
Recorded from Luderitz, Namibia. |
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Hexisopus fodiens
An early record from the Kalahari, most likely in
Botswana. |
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Hexisopus fumosus
Recorded from the Marienfluss, Kaokoland, Namibia. |
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Hexisopus infuscatus
Recorded from Walvis Bay, Namibia. |
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Hexisopus lanatus
Recorded from South Africa (Northern Cape) and Namibia. |
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Hexisopus moiseli
Recorded 32 km east of Swakopmund, Namibia. |
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Hexisopus nigrolunatus
Recorded from Omaruru, Namibia. |
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Hexisopus nigroplagiatus
Recorded from the Awasib Mountains, near Luderitz,
Namibia. |
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Hexisopus psammophilus
Recorded from Gobabeb in the Namib Desert, Namibia. |
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Hexisopus pusillus
Kuiseb River Valley, near Swakopmund, Namibia. |
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Hexisopus reticulatus
Recorded from Augrabies National Park, Northern Cape,
South Africa. |
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Hexisopus swarti Recorded 5 miles
north of the Brandberg, 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 © |
