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Family: Melanoblossidae
Life
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Opisthokonta >
Metazoa
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Arthropoda > Arachnomorpha > Cheliceriformes > Chelicerata > Euchelicerata
> Arachnida > Solifugae
Endemic to southern Africa, except for one genus and species
in its own subfamily that occurs in South-East Asia. There are six genera and 16
species of which five genera and 15 species occur in southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
Information from Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. (2006)
and Harvey (2003).
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Daesiella
One species, Daesiella pluridens, recorded from
Arandis, Namibia. |
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Lawrencega
Seven species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Melanoblossia
Four species, endemic to southern Africa. |
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Microblossia
One species, Microblossia eberlanzi, recorded from
Luderitz, Namibia. |
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Unguiblossia
Two species, known only from 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 © |
