Zeriassa Explained

Zeriassa is a genus of solpugid camel spiders, first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897.^[1]

Species

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

• Zeriassa bicolor (Pocock, 1897) — Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania
• Zeriassa cuneicornis (Purcell, 1899) — Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe
• Zeriassa dubia Caporiacco, 1944 — Somalia
• Zeriassa furcicornis Lawrence, 1929 — South Africa
• Zeriassa inflexa Roewer, 1933 — Kenya, Tanzania
• Zeriassa intermedia Lawrence, 1953 — Kenya
• Zeriassa lawrencei Roewer, 1933 — Namibia
• Zeriassa lepida Kraepelin, 1913 — Somalia, Tanzania
• Zeriassa pardii Simonetta and Cave, 1968 — Somalia
• Zeriassa purcelli Hewitt, 1914 — South Africa
• Zeriassa ruspolii (Pavesi, 1897) — Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
• Zeriassa spinulosa Pocock, 1898 — Ethiopia, Kenya
• Zeriassa spiralis Roewer, 1933 — Congo
• Zeriassa sudanica Roewer, 1933 — Sudan
• Zeriassa transvaalensis Lawrence, 1964 — South Africa
• Zeriassa tuxeni Lawrence, 1965 — South Africa
• Zeriassa wabonica Roewer, 1933 — Kenya

Notes and References

1. Pocock . R. I. . 1897 . On the genera and species of tropical African Arachnida of the order Solifugae, with notes upon the taxonomy and habits of the group . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 20 . 6 . 249-272.
2. Web site: 2023 . Zeriassa Pocock, 1897 . 14 August 2023 . World Solifugae Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern.