Hexisopus Explained

Hexisopus is a genus of hexisopodid camel spiders, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.^[1]

Species

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

• Hexisopus abnormis (Roewer, 1932) — Angola
• Hexisopus aureopilosus Lawrence, 1968 — Namibia
• Hexisopus crassus Purcell, 1899 — South Africa
• Hexisopus eberlanzi (Roewer, 1941) — Namibia
• Hexisopus fodiens Simon, 1888 — Botswana
• Hexisopus fumosus Lawrence, 1967 — Namibia
• Hexisopus infuscatus Kraepelin, 1899 — Namibia
• Hexisopus lanatus (C.L. Koch, 1842) — Namibia, South Africa
• Hexisopus moiseli Lamoral, 1972 — Namibia
• Hexisopus nigrolunatus Kraepelin, 1899 — Namibia
• Hexisopus nigroplagiatus Lawrence, 1972 — Namibia
• Hexisopus psammophilus Wharton, 1981 — Namibia
• Hexisopus pusillus Lawrence, 1962 — Namibia
• Hexisopus reticulatus Purcell, 1902 — South Africa
• Hexisopus swarti Lawrence, 1968 — Namibia

Notes and References

1. Karsch . F. . 1879 . Sieben neue Arachniden von St. Martha . Entomologische Zeitgung . 40 . 106–109.
2. Web site: 2023 . Hexisopus Karsch, 1879 . 2 March 2023 . World Solifugae Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern.