Rhagodessa Explained

Rhagodessa is a genus of rhagodid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1933.^[1]

Species

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

• Rhagodessa cloudsleythompsoni Benoit, 1964 — Sudan
• Rhagodessa judaica (Kraepelin, 1899) — Israel, Syria
• Rhagodessa melanocephala (Simon, 1879) — Eritrea, Sudan
• Rhagodessa sudanensis Roewer, 1933 — Sudan
• Rhagodessa zionensis Roewer, 1933 — Israel

Notes and References

1. Book: Roewer, C. F. . Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs. 5: Arthropoda. IV: Arachnoidea . Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H. . 1933 . 5(IV)(4)(2–3) . Leipzig . 161–480 . Solifugae, Palpigradi.
2. Web site: 2023 . Rhagodessa Roewer, 1933 . 20 April 2023 . World Solifugae Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern.