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Solifugae is an order of arachnids known variously as solifuges, sun spiders, camel spiders, and wind scorpions. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 147 genera . Despite the common names, they are neither true scorpions (order Scorpiones) nor true spiders (order Araneae ).
Galeodes arabs, common name Egyptian giant solpugid or camel spider, is a species of solifuges (or sun spiders) native to North Africa and Western Asia. [1] Subspecies
Chanbria is a genus of camel spiders. It consists of four species found in the Sonoran Desert in Mexico and the southwestern United States. [2] [3] Taxonomy
This camel spider is a single species, Xenotrecha huebneri, that is distributed in Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, and Venezuela. [2] [3] It lives in tropical and temperate desert regions of these countries. [5] In Brazil, it has been noted that X. huebneri tends to occur most often in habitats with dense vegetation. [3]
Scorpions, spiders and pseudoscorpions secrete venom from specialized glands to kill prey or defend themselves. [29] Their venom also contains pre-digestive enzymes that helps breaking down the prey. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The saliva of ticks contains anticoagulants and anticomplements, and several species produce a neurotoxin .
Namibesia is a monotypic genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Reginald Frederick Lawrence in 1962. [1] Its single species, Namibesia pallida is distributed in Namibia . [ 2 ]
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Solpugyla is a genus of solpugid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1933. [1] Species