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
''Gluvia'' is a genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1842. It only has two species, ''Gluvia dorsalis'' and ''Gluvia brunnea'', the only two species of solifugid found in Portugal and Spain. ''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:
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Ammotrechelis''
Roewer, 1934
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Biton''
Karsch, 1880
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Bitonota
''Bitonota'' is a monotypic genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1933. Its single species, ''Bitonota'' ''kraepelini'' is distributed in Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ...
''
Roewer, 1933
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Bitonupa''
Roewer, 1933
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Blossia''
Simon, 1880
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Blossiana''
Roewer, 1933
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Ceratobiton
''Ceratobiton'' is a monotypic genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Delle Cave and Simonetta in 1971. Its single species, ''Ceratobiton'' ''styloceros'' is distributed in Israel and Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ) ...
''
Delle Cave & Simonetta, 1971
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Daesiola
''Daesiola'' is a monotypic genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1933. Its single species, ''Daesiola'' ''zarudnyi'' is distributed in Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...
''
Roewer, 1933
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Eberlanzia''
Roewer, 1941
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Gluvia
''Gluvia'' is a genus of Daesiidae, daesiid camel spiders, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1842. It only has two species, ''Gluvia dorsalis'' and ''Gluvia brunnea'', the only two species of Solifugae, solifugid found in Portugal and Spain. ...
''
C.L. Koch, 1842
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Gluviella
''Gluviella'' is a monotypic genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Ludovico di Caporiacco in 1948. Its single species, ''Gluviella'' ''rhodiensis'' is distributed in Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellen ...
''
Caporiacco, 1948
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Gluviola
''Gluviola'' is a monotypic genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1933. Its single species, ''Gluviola'' ''armata'' is distributed in Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, an ...
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Roewer, 1933
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Gluviopsida
''Gluviopsida'' is a monotypic genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1933. Its single species, ''Gluviopsida'' ''taurica'' is distributed in Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic ...
''
Roewer, 1933
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Gluviopsilla
''Gluviopsilla'' is a monotypic genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1933. Its single species, ''Gluviopsilla'' ''discolor'' is distributed in Algeria, Greece (Rhodes), Iran, Somalia, Syria and Turkey
...
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Roewer, 1933
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Gluviopsis
''Gluviopsis'' is a genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Karl Kraepelin
Karl Matthias Friedrich Magnus Kraepelin (; ; 14 December 1848 – 28 June 1915) was a German naturalist who specialised in the study of scorpions, centiped ...
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Kraepelin, 1899
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Gluviopsona
''Gluviopsona'' is a genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer
Carl Friedrich Roewer (12 October 1881, in Neustrelitz – 17 June 1963) was a German arachnologist. He concentrated on harvestmen, where he describ ...
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Roewer, 1933
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Gnosippus''
Karsch, 1880
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Haarlovina''
Lawrence, 1956
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Hemiblossia''
Kraepelin, 1899
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Hemiblossiola''
Roewer, 1933
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Hodeidania''
Roewer, 1933
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Mumaella''
Harvey, 2002
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Namibesia''
Lawrence, 1962
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Syndaesia''
Maury, 1980
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Tarabulida''
Roewer, 1933
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Triditarsula''
Roewer, 1933
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Triditarsus''
Roewer, 1933
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Valdesia''
Maury, 1981
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Palaeoblossia''
Dunlop, Wunderlich & Poinar, 2004
References
Solifugae families
Arachnids of Africa
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