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Namibesia
''Namibesia'' is a monotypic genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Reginald Frederick Lawrence in 1962. Its single species, ''Namibesia'' ''pallida'' is distributed in Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no .... References Solifugae genera Monotypic arachnid genera {{Solifugae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daesiidae
Daesiidae is a family of solifugids, which are widespread in Africa and the Middle East. Members of the family are also present in India, Italy, South America, the Balkans, and the single species '' Gluvia dorsalis'' in the Iberian Peninsula. A single fossil species is known from Eocene Baltic amber. Genera , the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following twenty-nine genera: *'' Ammotrechelis'' Roewer, 1934 *''Biton'' Karsch, 1880 *'' Bitonota'' Roewer, 1933 *'' Bitonupa'' Roewer, 1933 *'' Blossia'' Simon, 1880 *'' Blossiana'' Roewer, 1933 *'' Ceratobiton'' Delle Cave & Simonetta, 1971 *'' Daesiola'' Roewer, 1933 *'' Eberlanzia'' Roewer, 1941 *'' Gluvia'' C.L. Koch, 1842 *'' Gluviella'' Caporiacco, 1948 *'' Gluviola'' Roewer, 1933 *'' Gluviopsida'' Roewer, 1933 *'' Gluviopsilla'' Roewer, 1933 *'' Gluviopsis'' Kraepelin, 1899 *'' Gluviopsona'' Roewer, 1933 *'' Gnosippus'' Karsch, 1880 *'' Haarlovina'' Lawrence, 1956 *'' Hemiblossia'' Kraepelin, 1899 *'' Hemiblossiola'' Roewer, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monotypic Taxon
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of Genus, genera, the term "unispecific" or "monospecific" is sometimes preferred. In botanical nomenclature, a monotypic genus is a genus in the special case where a genus and a single species are simultaneously described. Theoretical implications Monotypic taxa present several important theoretical challenges in biological classification. One key issue is known as "Gregg's Paradox": if a single species is the only member of multiple hierarchical levels (for example, being the only species in its genus, which is the only genus in its family), then each level needs a distinct definition to maintain logical structure. Otherwise, the different taxonomic ranks become effectively identical, which creates problems for organizing biological diversity in a hierarchical o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Frederick Lawrence
Reginald Frederick Lawrence Royal Society of South Africa, FRSSAf (6 March 1897 in George, Western Cape – 9 October 1987 in Pietermaritzburg) was a South African arachnologist and myriapodologist at the South African Museum in Cape Town from 1922 until 1935, director of the Natal Museum in Pietermaritzburg from 1935 until 1948 and a researcher and staff member of the same museum until 1986. Career Lawrence was educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown from 1908 to 1913. He studied at the South African College (now University of Cape Town), where he graduated with his B.Sc. in 1922. His studies had been interrupted by World War I, when he served with the infantry in France. He joined the staff of the South African Museum in 1922 as assistant in charge of Arachnida. While in the staff of the museum, he made several collecting expeditions in the southern part of the continent. His collection of arachnids formed the basis for the research upon which he received his Ph.D. fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the northeast, approximating a quadripoint, Zimbabwe lies less than 200 metres (660 feet) away along the Zambezi, Zambezi River near Kazungula, Zambia. Namibia's capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, and has been inhabited since prehistoric times by the Khoekhoe, Khoi, San people, San, Damara people, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigration, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. From 1600 the Ovambo people#History, Ovambo formed kingdoms, such as Ondonga and Oukwanyama. In 1884, the German Empire established rule over most of the territory, forming a colony known as German South West Africa. Between 1904 and 1908, German troops waged a punitive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solifugae Genera
Solifugae is an order of arachnids known variously as solifuges, sun spiders, camel spiders, and wind scorpions. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 147 genera. Despite the common names, they are neither true spiders (order Araneae), nor true scorpions (order Scorpiones). Most species of solifuges live in dry climates and feed opportunistically on ground-dwelling arthropods and other small animals. The largest species grow to a length of , including legs. A number of urban legends exaggerate the size and speed of solifuges, and their potential danger to humans, which is negligible. Etymology The order's name is derived from the Latin ''sol'' meaning "sun" and ''fugere'' meaning "to flee". Put together, it means "those that flee from the sun". These animals have a number of common names, including sun spiders, wind scorpions, wind spiders, red romans, and camel spiders. In Afrikaans, they are known as ''haarskeerders'' ("hair cutters"), and ''baardskeerder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
