Biology:Paragaleodes

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Short description: Genus of camel spiders

Paragaleodes
Paragaleodes pallidus 208428759.jpg
Paragaleodes pallidus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Galeodidae
Genus: Paragaleodes
Kraepelin, 1899
Type species
Paragaleodes scalaris
(C.L. Koch, 1842)
Species

12, see text

Black and white photograph of a furry species of Paragaleodes
Paragaleodes salaris is a species in this genus

Paragaleodes is a genus of galeodid camel spiders (solifuges), first described by Karl Kraepelin in 1899.[1]

Species

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

  • Paragaleodes erlangeri Kraepelin, 1903 — Ethiopia
  • Paragaleodes fulvipes Birula, 1905 — Iran, Israel
  • Paragaleodes judaicus Kraepelin, 1899 — Israel, Syria
  • Paragaleodes melanopygus Birula, 1905 — Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan
  • Paragaleodes nesterovi Birula, 1916 — Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq
  • Paragaleodes occidentalis (Simon, 1885) — Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco
  • Paragaleodes pallidus (Birula, 1890) — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • Paragaleodes scalaris (C.L. Koch, 1842) — Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Turkmenistan, Yemen
  • Paragaleodes sericeus Kraepelin, 1899 — Egypt
  • Paragaleodes spinifer Birula, 1938 — Tajikistan or Uzbekistan
  • Paragaleodes tunetanus Kraepelin, 1899 — Tunisia
  • Paragaleodes unicolor (Birula, 1905) — Iran, Israel

References

  1. Kraepelin, Karl (1899). "Zur Systematik der Solifugen". Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 16: 197–259. 
  2. "Paragaleodes Kraepelin, 1899". Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/solifugae/species/719. 

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