Boreosolifugae Explained

Boreosolifugae is a suborder of animals in the order Solifugae. In 2023, the internal phylogeny of solifuges was resolved for the first time using phylogenomics.^[1] The molecular phylogeny of the order showed evidence for two groups of families, which were recognized as suborders. Boreosolifugae comprises five families, predominantly from the northern hemisphere:

• Eremobatidae Kraepelin, 1901
• Galeodidae Sundevall, 1833
• Gylippidae Roewer, 1933
• Karschiidae Kraepelin, 1899
• Rhagodidae Pocock, 1897

The taxonomy of the Protosolpugidae remains uncertain.

Notes and References

1. Kulkarni . Siddharth S. . Steiner . Hugh G. . Garcia . Erika L. . Iuri . Hernán . Jones . R. Ryan . Ballesteros . Jesús A. . Gainett . Guilherme . Graham . Matthew R. . Harms . Danilo . Lyle . Robin . Ojanguren-Affilastro . Andrés A. . Santibañez-López . Carlos E. . Silva de Miranda . Gustavo . Cushing . Paula E. . Gavish-Regev . Efrat . September 2023 . Neglected no longer: Phylogenomic resolution of higher-level relationships in Solifugae . iScience . 26 . 9 . 107684 . 2023iSci...26j7684K . 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107684 . 2589-0042 . 10484990 . 37694155.