Solpuga Explained

Solpuga is a genus of solpugid camel spiders, first described by Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein in 1796.^[1]

Species

, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following thirty-two species:^[2]

• Solpuga alstoni Purcell, 1902 — South Africa
• Solpuga angolensis (Roewer, 1933) — Angola
• Solpuga atriceps Lawrence, 1949 — South Africa
• Solpuga bechuanica Hewitt, 1914 — Botswana, Namibia
• Solpuga bovicornis Lawrence, 1929 — South Africa
• Solpuga brunnipes (Dufour, 1861) — Algeria, Ethiopia
• Solpuga butleri Pocock, 1895 — Congo
• Solpuga carvalhoi Lawrence, 1960 — Angola
• Solpuga centenariorum Frade, 1940 — Angola
• Solpuga chelicornis Lichtenstein, 1796 — Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
• Solpuga conservatorum (Lawrence, 1964) — South Africa
• Solpuga festae Borelli, 1925 — Libya
• Solpuga fitzsimonsi Lawrence, 1935 — South Africa
• Solpuga hewitti Hirst, 1916 — Congo
• Solpuga hispidicelis Lawrence, 1964 — Zimbabwe
• Solpuga machadoi Lawrence, 1960 — Angola
• Solpuga massaica Roewer, 1941 — Tanzania
• Solpuga matabelena Chamberlin, 1925 — Zimbabwe
• Solpuga mulongoa Benoit, 1960 — Congo
• Solpuga praedatrix Lawrence, 1968 — Botswana
• Solpuga richardi Roewer, 1950 — Congo
• Solpuga robusta Frade, 1940 — Guinea-Bissau
• Solpuga roeweri Fage, 1936 — Kenya
• Solpuga rufescens C.L. Koch, 1842 — South Africa
• Solpuga simplex Benoit, 1960 — Congo
• Solpuga suffusca Hewitt, 1916 — South Africa
• Solpuga truncata (Lawrence, 1968) — South Africa
• Solpuga upembana Roewer, 1952 — Congo
• Solpuga venosa Purcell, 1899 — South Africa
• Solpuga villosa Purcell, 1899 — South Africa
• Solpuga wittei Roewer, 1952 — Congo
• Solpuga zuluana Lawrence, 1937 — South Africa

Notes and References

1. Book: Lichtenstein, A. A. H. . Catalogus musei zoologici ditissimi Hamburgi, d. III. Februar. 1796 auctionis lege distrahendi. Sectio Tertia. Continens Insecta . Schniebes . 1796 . Hamburg.
2. Web site: 2023 . Solpuga Lichtenstein, 1796 . 14 August 2023 . World Solifugae Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern.