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Genus: Melanoblossia
Life
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Opisthokonta >
Metazoa
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Arthropoda > Arachnomorpha > Cheliceriformes > Chelicerata > Euchelicerata
> Arachnida > Solifugae
> Family: Melanoblossidae
Four species, endemic to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. (2006)
and Harvey (2003).
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Melanoblossia braunsi
Native to South Africa, where it has been recorded from
karoo localities in the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Western Cape. |
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Melanoblossia globiceps
Recorded from Okiep in the Northern Cape, South Africa. |
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Melanoblossia namaquensis
Recorded from Bowesdorp in the Northern Cape, South
Africa. |
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Melanoblossia tridentata Recorded
from Kimberley in the Northern Cape, South Africa. |
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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 © |
