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Solpuga
Sign in to saveSolpuga is a genus of solpugid camel spiders, first described by Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein in 1796.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 93
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Solpugidae
- Collections
- SAM
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Solpuginae
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Solpuga is a genus of solpugid camel spiders, first described by Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein in 1796.
== Species == , the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following thirty-two species: Solpuga alstoni Purcell, 1902 — South Africa Solpuga angolensis (Roewer, 1933) — Angola Solpuga atriceps Lawrence, 1949 — South Africa Solpuga bechuanica Hewitt, 1914 — Botswana, Namibia Solpuga bovicornis Lawrence, 1929 — South Africa Solpuga brunnipes (Dufour, 1861) — Algeria, Ethiopia Solpuga butleri Pocock, 1895 — Congo Solpuga carvalhoi Lawrence, 1960 — Angola Solpuga centenariorum Frade, 1940 — Angola Solpuga chelicornis Lichtenstein, 1796 — Botswana, Namibia, South Africa Solpuga conservatorum (Lawrence, 1964) — South Africa Solpuga festae Borelli, 1925 — Libya Solpuga fitzsimonsi Lawrence, 1935 — South Africa Solpuga hewitti Hirst, 1916 — Congo Solpuga hispidicelis Lawrence, 1964 — Zimbabwe Solpuga machadoi Lawrence, 1960 — Angola Solpuga massaica Roewer, 1941 — Tanzania Solpuga matabelena Chamberlin, 1925 — Zimbabwe Solpuga mulongoa Benoit, 1960 — Congo Solpuga praedatrix Lawrence, 1968 — Botswana Solpuga richardi Roewer, 1950 — Congo Solpuga robusta Frade, 1940 — Guinea-Bissau Solpuga roeweri Fage, 1936 — Kenya Solpuga rufescens C.L. Koch, 1842 — South Africa Solpuga simplex Benoit, 1960 — Congo Solpuga suffusca Hewitt, 1916 — South Africa Solpuga truncata (Lawrence, 1968) — South Africa Solpuga upembana Roewer, 1952 — Congo Solpuga venosa Purcell, 1899 — South Africa Solpuga villosa Purcell, 1899 — South Africa Solpuga wittei Roewer, 1952 — Congo Solpuga zuluana Lawrence, 1937 — South Africa
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