Biology:Lipophaga

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Short description: Genus of camel spiders

Lipophaga
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Gylippidae
Genus: Lipophaga
Purcell, 1903
Type species
Lipophaga trispinosa
Purcell, 1903
Species

3, see text

Lipophaga is a genus of gylippid camel spiders, first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1903.[1]

Species

(As of March 2023), the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following three species:[2]

  • Lipophaga kraepelini Roewer, 1933 — Namibia
  • Lipophaga schultzei (Kraepelin, 1908) — South Africa
  • Lipophaga trispinosa Purcell, 1903 — South Africa

References

  1. Purcell, W. F. (1903). "Descriptions of new genera and species of South African Solpugidae". Annals of the South African Museum 3: 1–12. 
  2. "Lipophaga Purcell, 1903". Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/solifugae/species/760. 

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