Ceroma (arachnid) explained

Ceroma is a genus of ceromid camel spiders, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1885.^[1]

Species

, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following sixteen species:^[2]

• Ceroma biseriata Lawrence, 1960 — Angola
• Ceroma hessei Roewer, 1933 — Tanzania
• Ceroma inerme Purcell, 1899 — South Africa (Walvis Bay)
• Ceroma johnstonii Pocock, 1897 — Malawi
• Ceroma katanganum Roewer, 1933 — Congo
• Ceroma langi Hewitt, 1935 — Botswana
• Ceroma leppanae Hewitt, 1914 — South Africa, Zimbabwe
• Ceroma macrognatha Lawrence, 1954 — Tanzania
• Ceroma ornatum Karsch, 1885 — Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• Ceroma pictulum Pocock, 1902 — Namibia, South Africa
• Ceroma sclateri Purcell, 1899 — South Africa
• Ceroma similis Roewer, 1941 — Tanzania
• Ceroma swierstrae Lawrence, 1935 — South Africa
• Ceroma sylvestris Lawrence, 1938 — Zimbabwe
• Ceroma victoriae Benoit, 1965 — Uganda
• Ceroma zomba Roewer, 1933 — Malawi

Notes and References

1. Karsch . Ferdinand . 1885 . Verzeichnis der von Dr. G.A. Fischer auf der im Auftrage der geographischen Gesellschaft in Hamburg unternommenen Reise in das Massai-land gesammelten Myriopoden und Arachniden. . Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten . 2 . 131–139.
2. Web site: 2022 . Ceroma Karsch, 1885 . 16 October 2022 . World Solifugae Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern.