Solpuga
Genus of camel spiders
Solpuga solpugid camel spiders, first described by Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein in 1796.[ 1]
Species
As of August 2023[update] World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following thirty-two species:[ 2]
Solpuga alstoni Purcell, 1902 — South AfricaSolpuga angolensis (Roewer, 1933) — AngolaSolpuga atriceps Lawrence, 1949 — South AfricaSolpuga bechuanica Hewitt, 1914 — Botswana, NamibiaSolpuga bovicornis Lawrence, 1929 — South AfricaSolpuga brunnipes (Dufour, 1861) — Algeria, EthiopiaSolpuga butleri Pocock, 1895 — CongoSolpuga carvalhoi Lawrence, 1960 — AngolaSolpuga centenariorum Frade, 1940 — AngolaSolpuga chelicornis Lichtenstein, 1796 — Botswana, Namibia, South AfricaSolpuga conservatorum (Lawrence, 1964) — South AfricaSolpuga festae Borelli, 1925 — LibyaSolpuga fitzsimonsi Lawrence, 1935 — South AfricaSolpuga hewitti Hirst, 1916 — CongoSolpuga hispidicelis Lawrence, 1964 — ZimbabweSolpuga machadoi Lawrence, 1960 — AngolaSolpuga massaica Roewer, 1941 — TanzaniaSolpuga matabelena Chamberlin, 1925 — ZimbabweSolpuga mulongoa Benoit, 1960 — CongoSolpuga praedatrix Lawrence, 1968 — BotswanaSolpuga richardi Roewer, 1950 — CongoSolpuga robusta Frade, 1940 — Guinea-BissauSolpuga roeweri Fage, 1936 — KenyaSolpuga rufescens C.L. Koch, 1842 — South AfricaSolpuga simplex Benoit, 1960 — CongoSolpuga suffusca Hewitt, 1916 — South AfricaSolpuga truncata (Lawrence, 1968) — South AfricaSolpuga upembana Roewer, 1952 — CongoSolpuga venosa Purcell, 1899 — South AfricaSolpuga villosa Purcell, 1899 — South AfricaSolpuga wittei Roewer, 1952 — CongoSolpuga zuluana Lawrence, 1937 — South Africa
References
^ Lichtenstein, A. A. H. (1796). Catalogus musei zoologici ditissimi Hamburgi, d. III. Februar. 1796 auctionis lege distrahendi. Sectio Tertia. Continens Insecta . Hamburg: Schniebes. ^ "Solpuga Lichtenstein, 1796" . World Solifugae Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023 .
