Biology:Oparbella

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Short description: Genus of camel spiders

Oparbella
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Solpugidae
Genus: Oparbella
Roewer, 1934
Type species
Oparbella flavescens
(C.L. Koch, 1842)
Species

7, see text

Oparbella is a genus of solpugid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1934.[1]

Species

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

  • Oparbella aciculata (Simon, 1879) — Algeria, Israel, Tunisia
  • Oparbella bicolor Roewer, 1934 — Tunisia
  • Oparbella fagei Vachon, 1950 — Niger
  • Oparbella flavescens (C.L. Koch, 1842) — North Africa
  • Oparbella junquana Lawrence, 1966 — Algeria
  • Oparbella quedenfeldti (Kraepelin, 1899) — Egypt, Morocco
  • Oparbella werneri (Birula, 1914) — Algeria, Israel, Tunisia

References

  1. Roewer, C. F. (1934). "Solifugae, Palpigradi". Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs. 5: Arthropoda. IV: Arachnoidea. 5(IV)(4)(4–5). Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H.. pp. 481–723. 
  2. "Oparbella Roewer, 1934". Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/solifugae/species/813. 

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