Biology:Melanoblossia

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Short description: Genus of camel spiders

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

5, see text

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

Species

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

  • Melanoblossia ansie Bird & Wharton, 2015 — Namibia
  • Melanoblossia braunsi Purcell, 1903 — South Africa
  • Melanoblossia globiceps Purcell, 1903 — South Africa
  • Melanoblossia namaquensis Lawrence, 1935 — South Africa
  • Melanoblossia tridentata Lawrence, 1935 — 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. "Melanoblossia Purcell, 1903". Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/solifugae/species/608. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5312214 entry