Paragaleodes Explained

Paragaleodes is a genus of galeodid camel spiders (solifuges), first described by Karl Kraepelin in 1899.^[1]

Species

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

• Paragaleodes erlangeri Kraepelin, 1903 — Ethiopia
• Paragaleodes fulvipes Birula, 1905 — Iran, Israel
• Paragaleodes judaicus Kraepelin, 1899 — Israel, Syria
• Paragaleodes melanopygus Birula, 1905 — Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan
• Paragaleodes nesterovi Birula, 1916 — Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq
• Paragaleodes occidentalis (Simon, 1885) — Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco
• Paragaleodes pallidus (Birula, 1890) — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• Paragaleodes scalaris (C.L. Koch, 1842) — Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Turkmenistan, Yemen
• Paragaleodes sericeus Kraepelin, 1899 — Egypt
• Paragaleodes spinifer Birula, 1938 — Tajikistan or Uzbekistan
• Paragaleodes tunetanus Kraepelin, 1899 — Tunisia
• Paragaleodes unicolor (Birula, 1905) — Iran, Israel

Notes and References

1. Kraepelin . Karl . 1899 . Zur Systematik der Solifugen . Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg . 16 . 197–259.
2. Web site: 2023 . Paragaleodes Kraepelin, 1899 . 12 February 2023 . World Solifugae Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern.