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Genus: Zeriassa
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> Family: Solpugidae
An African genus of 17 recorded species, six of which have
been recorded from southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. (2006)
and Harvey (2003).
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Zeriassa cuneicornis
Recorded from Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe. |
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Zeriassa furcicornis
Recorded from South Africa in the Mpumalanga and Limpopo
provinces, including the Kruger National Park. |
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Zeriassa lawrencei
Recorded from Windhoek, Namibia. |
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Zeriassa purcelli
Recorded from South Africa in the Mpumalanga and Limpopo
provinces, including the Kruger National Park. |
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Zeriassa transvaalensis
All records are from the Kruger National Park, in both the
Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces, South Africa. |
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Zeriassa tuxeni Recorded from
Letaba Camp in the Kruger National Park, Limpopo, 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 © |
