Solpuga
| Solpuga | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Solifugae |
| Family: | Solpugidae |
| Genus: | Solpuga Lichtenstein, 1796 |
| Type species | |
| Solpuga chelicornis Lichtenstein, 1796 | |
| Species | |
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Solpuga is a genus of solpugid camel spiders, first described by Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein in 1796.
Species
As of August 2023[update], 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