Solpugema Explained

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

Species

, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following twenty-nine species:^[2]

• Solpugema aethiops Lawrence, 1967 — Namibia
• Solpugema brachyceras (Lawrence, 1931) — South Africa
• Solpugema broadleyi Lawrence, 1965 — Zimbabwe
• Solpugema calycicornis (Lawrence, 1929) — South Africa
• Solpugema coquinae (Hewitt, 1914) — South Africa
• Solpugema cycloceras (Lawrence, 1931) — South Africa
• Solpugema derbiana (Pocock, 1895) — South Africa
• Solpugema erythronota (Kraepelin, 1900) — South Africa
• Solpugema erythronotoides (Hewitt, 1919) — South Africa
• Solpugema fissicornis Lawrence, 1968 — South Africa
• Solpugema genucornis (Lawrence, 1935) — Namibia, South Africa
• Solpugema hamata (Hewitt, 1914) — South Africa
• Solpugema hiatidens Lawrence, 1960 — Angola
• Solpugema hostilis (White, 1846) — Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe
• Solpugema intermedia (Lawrence, 1929) — South Africa
• Solpugema junodi (Purcell, 1903) — South Africa
• Solpugema krugeri Lawrence, 1964 — South Africa
• Solpugema lateralis (C.L. Koch, 1842) — Namibia, South Africa
• Solpugema maraisi (Hewitt, 1913) — South Africa
• Solpugema marshalli (Pocock, 1895) — South Africa, Zimbabwe
• Solpugema montana (Lawrence, 1929) — South Africa
• Solpugema phylloceras (Lawrence, 1929) — South Africa
• Solpugema scopulata (Karsch, 1880) — South Africa
• Solpugema spectralis (Purcell, 1899) — South Africa
• Solpugema stiloceras (Lawrence, 1929) — South Africa
• Solpugema tookei (Hewitt, 1919) — South Africa
• Solpugema tubicen (Kraepelin, 1911) — South Africa, Zimbabwe
• Solpugema vincta (C.L. Koch, 1842) — Angola, South Africa
• Solpugema whartoni Harvey, 2002 — Namibia

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 . Solpugema Roewer, 1933 . 14 August 2023 . World Solifugae Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern.