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Gaucha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Solifugae
Family:	Mummuciidae
Genus:	Gaucha; Mello-Leitão, 1924
Type species
	Gaucha fasciata; Mello-Leitão, 1924
Species
	7, see text

Gaucha is a genus of Mummuciid camel spiders, first described by Cândido Mello-Leitão in 1924.^[1]

Species

As of January 2023^[update], the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following seven species:^[2]

Gaucha avexada Botero-Trujillo, Ott & Carvalho, 2017 — Brazil
Gaucha casuhati Botero-Trujillo, Ott & Carvalho, 2017 — Argentina
Gaucha curupi Botero-Trujillo, Ott & Carvalho, 2017 — Brazil
Gaucha eremolembra Botero-Trujillo, Ott & Carvalho, 2017 — Brazil
Gaucha fasciata Mello-Leitão, 1924 — Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
Gaucha ramirezi Botero-Trujillo, Ott, Mattoni, Nime & Ojanguren-Affilastro, 2019 — Argentina
Gaucha santana Botero-Trujillo, Ott, Mattoni, Nime & Ojanguren-Affilastro, 2019 — Brazil

^ Mello-Leitão, Cândido (1924). "A new South-American solpugid". Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 28: 140–143.
^ "Gaucha Mello-Leitão, 1924". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

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