Daesiidae Explained

Daesiidae is a family of solifugids, which are widespread in Africa and the Middle East.^[1] Members of the family are also present in India, Italy, South America, the Balkans, and the single species Gluvia dorsalis in the Iberian Peninsula. A single fossil species is known from Eocene Baltic amber.^[2]

Genera

, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following twenty-nine genera:^[3]

• Ammotrechelis Roewer, 1934
• Biton Karsch, 1880
• Bitonota Roewer, 1933
• Bitonupa Roewer, 1933
• Blossia Simon, 1880
• Blossiana Roewer, 1933
• Ceratobiton Delle Cave & Simonetta, 1971
• Daesiola Roewer, 1933
• Eberlanzia Roewer, 1941
• Gluvia C.L. Koch, 1842
• Gluviella Caporiacco, 1948
• Gluviola Roewer, 1933
• Gluviopsida Roewer, 1933
• Gluviopsilla Roewer, 1933
• Gluviopsis Kraepelin, 1899
• Gluviopsona Roewer, 1933
• Gnosippus Karsch, 1880
• Haarlovina Lawrence, 1956
• Hemiblossia Kraepelin, 1899
• Hemiblossiola Roewer, 1933
• Hodeidania Roewer, 1933
• Mumaella Harvey, 2002
• Namibesia Lawrence, 1962
• Syndaesia Maury, 1980
• Tarabulida Roewer, 1933
• Triditarsula Roewer, 1933
• Triditarsus Roewer, 1933
• Valdesia Maury, 1981
• †Palaeoblossia Dunlop, Wunderlich & Poinar, 2004

Notes and References

1. Web site: Family Daesiidae Kraepelin 1899 . The Arachnid Order Solifugae . May 15, 2010 . September 6, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110906140842/http://www.solpugid.com/Daesiidae.htm . dead .
2. A second camel spider (Arachnida: Solifugae) from Baltic amber . Jason A. Dunlop & Anja E. Klanz . . 59 . 2009 . 1 . 39–44 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716061543/http://www.geo.uw.edu.pl/agp/table/pdf/59-1/02_dunlop.pdf . 2011-07-16 .
3. Web site: 2022 . Daesiidae Kraepelin, 1899 . 30 September 2022 . World Solifugae Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern.