Galeodes

Galeodes is a genus of solifuges or sun spiders. The nearly 200 species in this genus are found in northern Africa, southeastern Europe and Asia. Like other solifuges, they are mainly nocturnal and found in arid habitats. They often have long hairy appendages and are not as stout bodied or dark and contrastingly coloured as some other solifuges. Some Galeodes species are able to produce sounds by stridulation. These are usually raspy or hiss-like and may be imitations of the sounds of vipers, to serve a defensive function. As in other solifuges, mating involves the male depositing a spermatogonia that is manipulated into the female genital opening using their chelicera. The male strokes the female using the palps allowing her to be approached. Females will often feed on males before or after mating. The female then deposits the eggs in a burrow in soil and in some species guards them.

== Species == , the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following 174 species: Galeodes abessinicus Roewer, 1934 — Ethiopia Galeodes adamsi (Turk, 1947) — Iraq Galeodes afghanus Pocock, 1895 — Afghanistan, Pakistan Galeodes agilis Pocock, 1895 — India Galeodes anatoliae Turk, 1960 — Turkey Galeodes annandalei Hirst, 1908 — India, Pakistan Galeodes arabs C.L. Koch, 1842 — North Africa, Middle East Galeodes araneoides (Pallas, 1772) — Middle East, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan Galeodes armeniacus Birula, 1929 — Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan Galeodes ater (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan Galeodes atriceps Roewer, 1934 — Iran, Israel Galeodes atroluteus (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan Galeodes atrospinatus (Roewer, 1941) — Pakistan Galeodes aulicus Hirst, 1908 — Iran Galeodes auronitens Birula, 1905 — Iran Galeodes australis Pocock, 1900 — India Galeodes babylonicus Roewer, 1934 — Iraq, Israel Galeodes bacillatus Birula, 1905 — Iran Galeodes bacillifer Pocock, 1900 — Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan Galeodes bacilliferoides Roewer, 1934 — Iran, Iraq, Pakistan Galeodes bactrianus Birula, 1937 — Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Galeodes barbarus Lucas, 1849 — North Africa Galeodes belutschistanus (Roewer, 1934) — Afghanistan, Pakistan Galeodes bengalicus (Roewer, 1934) — India Galeodes bicolor Roewer, 1934 — Israel, Pakistan Galeodes blanchardi Simon, 1891 — Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Togo, Tunisia Galeodes bocharicus Roewer, 1934 — Uzbekistan Galeodes bogojavlenskii Birula, 1906 — Iraq, Israel, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Galeodes bubi Birula, 1937 — Uzbekistan Galeodes caspius Birula, 1890 — Central Asia, Azerbaijan, China, Iran, Israel Galeodes chitralensis Hirst, 1908 — Pakistan Galeodes citrinus Pocock, 1895 — Iran, Pakistan Galeodes clavatus Roewer, 1934 — Tunisia Galeodes claviger Kraus, 1959 — Iran Galeodes conversus Roewer, 1934 — Azerbaijan, Turkey Galeodes crassichelis Roewer, 1934 — Tunisia Galeodes ctenogaster (Roewer, 1934) — India Galeodes ctenoides Roewer, 1934 — Iran Galeodes cursor (Roewer, 1934) — Pakistan Galeodes dahlahensis Harvey, 2002 — Afghanistan Galeodes darendensis Harvey, 2002 — Turkey Galeodes darius Pocock, 1895 — Iraq, Israel Galeodes dekanicus (Roewer, 1934) — India Galeodes dellacaveae Harvey, 2002 — Somalia Galeodes discolor Kraepelin, 1899 — Iran Galeodes distinctus (Roewer, 1934) — Lebanon Galeodes edentatus Benoit, 1964 — Sudan Galeodes egregius Roewer, 1934 — Azerbaijan Galeodes elegans Roewer, 1934 — North Macedonia Galeodes ephippiatus Roewer, 1941 — Iran Galeodes excelsius (Lawrence, 1956) — Afghanistan Galeodes fatalis (Lichtenstein, 1796) — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India Galeodes fessanus (Roewer, 1934) — Libya Galeodes festivus Hirst, 1908 — Iran Galeodes flavivittatus (Roewer, 1934) — Algeria Galeodes forcipatus Roewer, 1934 — Turkey Galeodes franki (Kraus, 1959) — Iran Galeodes fremitans (Roewer, 1934) — Pakistan Galeodes fumigatus Walter, 1889 — Iran, Turkmenistan Galeodes graecus C.L. Koch, 1842 — Armenia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Syria, Turkey Galeodes granti Pocock, 1903 — Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel, Sudan, Syria, Yemen Galeodes gravelyi (Roewer, 1934) — India Galeodes gromovi Harvey, 2002 — Azerbaijan, Iraq, Turkey Galeodes hakkariensis Erdek, 2021 — Turkey Galeodes hellenicus Roewer, 1934 — Greece Galeodes indicus Pocock, 1900 — India Galeodes inermis (Caporiacco, 1941) — Ethiopia Galeodes insidiator (Roewer, 1934) — Yemen Galeodes interjectus (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan Galeodes intermedius (Frade, 1948) — Guinea-Bissau Galeodes interritus Roewer, 1934 — Iran Galeodes karunensis Birula, 1905 — Iran Galeodes kermanensis Birula, 1905 — Iran Galeodes koeiena Lawrence, 1956 — Afghanistan Galeodes kozlovi Birula, 1911 — China, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Galeodes kraepelini Roewer, 1934 — Egypt Galeodes krausi Harvey, 2002 — Iran Galeodes lacertosus Roewer, 1934 — Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Galeodes laevipalpis Birula, 1905 — Uzbekistan Galeodes laniator Roewer, 1934 — Iraq, Israel Galeodes lapidosus Roewer, 1934 — Turkey Galeodes lawrencei Harvey, 2002 — Iraq Galeodes levyi Harvey, 2002 — Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria Galeodes limitatus (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan Galeodes lindbergi Roewer, 1960 — Afghanistan Galeodes litigiosus Roewer, 1934 — Yemen Galeodes loeffleri Roewer, 1952 — Iran Galeodes luteipalpis (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan Galeodes lybicus Roewer, 1941 — Libya Galeodes lycaonis Turk, 1960 — Turkey Galeodes macmahoni Pocock, 1900 — Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan Galeodes marginatus Roewer, 1961 — Turkey Galeodes mauryi Harvey, 2002 — Afghanistan Galeodes medusae Turk, 1960 — Egypt Galeodes melanalis Roewer, 1934 — Pakistan Galeodes melanopalpus (Roewer, 1934) — Pakistan Galeodes minimus Roewer, 1934 — Morocco Galeodes minitor Roewer, 1934 — Morocco Galeodes mongolicus Roewer, 1934 — Mongolia Galeodes montivagans Roewer, 1934 — China Galeodes mosconibronzii (Caporiacco, 1937) — Somalia Galeodes nachitschevanicus Aliev, 1985 — Azerbaijan Galeodes nigrichelis (Roewer, 1934) — Azerbaijan Galeodes notatus (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan Galeodes olivieri Simon, 1879 — Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia Galeodes orientalis Stoliczka, 1869 — Syria, India Galeodes pallescens Hirst, 1908 — India Galeodes palpalis Roewer, 1934 — Tunisia Galeodes parvus Roewer, 1934 — Pakistan Galeodes perotis Roewer, 1934 — Cameroon Galeodes philippovi (Birula, 1941) — Yemen Galeodes philippoviczi Birula, 1937 — Turkmenistan Galeodes pinkasi Turk, 1960 — Jordan Galeodes pirzadanus (Lawrence, 1956) — Afghanistan Galeodes pococki Birula, 1905 — Iran, Pakistan Galeodes przevalskii Birula, 1905 — China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Galeodes pugnator (Roewer, 1934) — Pakistan Galeodes pusillus (Roewer, 1934) — Algeria, Israel Galeodes rapax (Roewer, 1934) — Kyrgyzstan or Uzbekistan, China, Kazakhstan Galeodes reimoseri Roewer, 1934 — Ethiopia Galeodes revestitus Roewer, 1934 — Morocco Galeodes rhamses Roewer, 1934 — Egypt Galeodes rhodicola Roewer, 1941 — Greece Galeodes roeweri Turk, 1948 — Israel Galeodes rufogriseus (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan Galeodes rufulus Pocock, 1900 — Pakistan, India Galeodes ruptor Roewer, 1934 — Greece, Turkey Galeodes sabulosus Pocock, 1900 — India, Pakistan Galeodes sarpolensis Harvey, 2002 — Afghanistan Galeodes schach Birula, 1905 — Turkey, Iran Galeodes schendicus Roewer, 1934 — Sudan Galeodes scythicus Roewer, 1934 — Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan Galeodes sedulus Roewer, 1934 — China Galeodes sejugatus (Roewer, 1934) — Kyrgyzstan or Uzbekistan, China, Kazakhstan Galeodes separandus Roewer, 1934 — Turkey Galeodes setipes Birula, 1905 — Uzbekistan Galeodes setulosus Birula, 1937 — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Galeodes signatus Roewer, 1934 — Pakistan Galeodes simplex Roewer, 1934 — Tunisia Galeodes smirnovi Birula, 1937 — Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Galeodes somalicus Roewer, 1934 — Somalia Galeodes spectabilis (Roewer, 1934) — Pakistan Galeodes starmuehlneri Roewer, 1952 — Iran Galeodes striatipalpis (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan Galeodes subbarbarus Caporiacco, 1941 — Ethiopia Galeodes subsimilis Roewer, 1934 — Turkey Galeodes sulfuripes Roewer, 1934 — Iraq, Israel Galeodes sulphureopilosus Birula, 1905 — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Galeodes tangkharzarensis Harvey, 2002 — Afghanistan Galeodes tarabulus (Roewer, 1934) — Libya Galeodes taurus (Roewer, 1934) — Turkey Galeodes testaceus (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan Galeodes theodori Turk, 1960 — Egypt Galeodes tillmani (Whittick, 1939) — Somalia Galeodes timbuktus (Roewer, 1934) — Mali, Nigeria Galeodes toelgi Werner, 1922 — Turkey Galeodes trichotichnus (Roewer, 1934) — Iran Galeodes trinkleri (Roewer, 1934) — Afghanistan Galeodes tripolitanus (Roewer, 1934) — Libya, Morocco Galeodes truculentus Pocock, 1899 — Iran Galeodes turanus Roewer, 1934 — Uzbekistan Galeodes turcmenicus Birula, 1937 — Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan Galeodes turkestanus Kraepelin, 1899 — Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Galeodes turki Harvey, 2002 — India Galeodes tuxeni (Lawrence, 1956) — Afghanistan Galeodes uzbecus Roewer, 1941 — Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Galeodes veemi Whittick, 1939 — Egypt Galeodes venator Simon, 1879 — Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia Galeodes ventralis Roewer, 1934 — Yemen Galeodes versicolor (Lawrence, 1956) — Afghanistan Galeodes viridipilosus Roewer, 1941 — Turkey Galeodes vittatus (Roewer, 1941) — Iran Galeodes wadaicus Roewer, 1934 — Chad Galeodes zarudnyi Birula, 1937 — Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan