Daesiidae

Daesiidae
Daesiidae
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
Gluvia dorsalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Daesiidae
Kraepelin, 1899

Daesiidae is a family of solifugids, which are widespread in Africa and the Middle East.[1] Members of the family are also present in India, South America, the Balkans, and the single species Gluvia dorsalis in the Iberian Peninsula. A single fossil species is known from Eocene Baltic amber.[2] Around thirty genera are recognised:[1]

Blossiinae
  • Blossia
  • Blossiana
Daesiinae
  • Biton
  • Bitonissus
  • Bitonota
  • Bitonupa
  • Daesiola
Gluviinae
  • Eberlanzia
  • Gluvia
  • Gluviola
  • Haarlovina
  • Mumaella
Gluviopsinae
  • Gluviopsida
  • Gluviopsilla
  • Gluviopsis
  • Gluviopsona
Gnosippinae
  • Gnosippus
  • Hemiblossia
  • Hemiblossiola
  • Tarabulida
Triditarsinae
  • Hodeidania
  • Triditarsula
  • Triditarsus
Incertae sedis
  • Ammotrechelis
  • Ceratobiton
  • Gluviella
  • Namibesia
  • Palaeoblossia
  • Syndaesia
  • Valdesia

References

  1. ^ a b "Family Daesiidae Kraepelin 1899". The Arachnid Order Solifugae. http://www.solpugid.com/Daesiidae.htm. Retrieved May 15, 2010. 
  2. ^ Jason A. Dunlop & Anja E. Klanz (2009). "A second camel spider (Arachnida: Solifugae) from Baltic amber" (PDF). Acta Geologica Polonica 59 (1): 39–44. http://www.geo.uw.edu.pl/agp/table/pdf/59-1/02_dunlop.pdf. 


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