Oparbella Explained

Oparbella is a genus of solpugid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1934.^[1]

Species

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

• Oparbella aciculata (Simon, 1879) — Algeria, Israel, Tunisia
• Oparbella bicolor Roewer, 1934 — Tunisia
• Oparbella fagei Vachon, 1950 — Niger
• Oparbella flavescens (C.L. Koch, 1842) — North Africa
• Oparbella junquana Lawrence, 1966 — Algeria
• Oparbella quedenfeldti (Kraepelin, 1899) — Egypt, Morocco
• Oparbella werneri (Birula, 1914) — Algeria, Israel, Tunisia

Notes and References

1. Book: Roewer, C. F. . Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs. 5: Arthropoda. IV: Arachnoidea . Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H. . 1934 . 5(IV)(4)(4–5) . Leipzig . 481–723 . Solifugae, Palpigradi.
2. Web site: 2023 . Oparbella Roewer, 1934 . 14 August 2023 . World Solifugae Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern.