Solpugidae Explained

Solpugidae is a family of solifuges or sun spiders. Solpugidae have groups of papillae on their pedipalps or sensory organs. The papillae come out of sockets that are characterized with the function of mechanoreceptor, and contact chemoreceptors, which allows them to respond to stimuli such as touch and sound.^[1]

Genera

, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following seventeen genera:^[2]

• Ferrandia Roewer, 1933
• Metasolpuga Roewer, 1934
• Oparba Roewer, 1934
• Oparbella Roewer, 1934
• Prosolpuga Roewer, 1934
• Solpuga Lichtenstein, 1796
• Solpugassa Roewer, 1933
• Solpugeira Roewer, 1933
• Solpugella Roewer, 1933
• Solpugema Roewer, 1933
• Solpugiba Roewer, 1934
• Solpugista Roewer, 1934
• Solpugisticella Turk, 1960
• Solpuguna Roewer, 1933
• Solpugyla Roewer, 1933
• Zeria Simon, 1879
• Zeriassa Pocock, 1895

References

• Simon, 1879 : Essai d'une classification des Galéodes, remarques synonymiques et description d'espèces nouvelles ou mal connues. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, ser. 5, vol. 9, p. 93-154.

Notes and References

1. Paula E. Cushing, Patrick Casto, Elizabeth D. Knowlton, Suzanne Royer, Damien Laudier, Douglas D. Gaffin, Lorenzo Prendini, and Jack O. Brookhart "Comparative Morphology and Functional Significance of Setae Called Papillae on the Pedipalps of Male Camel Spiders (Arachnida: Solifugae),"Annals of the Entomological Society of America 107(2), 510-520, (1 March 2014).
2. Web site: 2023 . Solpugidae Leach, 1815 . 1 January 2023 . World Solifugae Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern.