Eremobatidae is a family of
solifuges endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...
, 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, centipedes, spiders and solfugids, and was noted for his monograph ''Scorpiones und Pedipalpi'' (B ...
in 1901.
Genera
, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following eight genera:
* ''
Chanbria''
Muma, 1951
* ''
Eremobates''
Banks, 1900
* ''
Eremochelis''
Roewer, 1934
* ''
Eremocosta''
Roewer, 1934
* ''
Eremorhax''
Roewer, 1934
* ''
Eremothera''
Muma, 1951
* ''
Hemerotrecha''
Banks, 1903
* ''
Horribates''
Muma, 1962
References
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Solifugae families