''Galeodes'' is a

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of solifuges or sun spiders. The nearly 200 species in this genus are found in northern Africa, southeastern Europe and Asia. Like other solifuges, they are mainly nocturnal and found in arid habitats. They often have long hairy appendages and are not as stout bodied or dark and contrastingly coloured as some other solifuges. Some ''Galeodes'' species are able to produce sounds by stridulation. These are usually raspy or hiss-like and may be imitations of the sounds of vipers, to serve a defensive function. As in other solifuges, mating involves the male depositing a spermatogonia that is manipulated into the female genital opening using their chelicera. The male strokes the female using the palps allowing her to be approached. Females will often feed on males before or after mating. The female then deposits the eggs in a burrow in soil and in some species guards them.

Species

, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following 174 species: * '' Galeodes abessinicus'' Roewer, 1934 — Ethiopia * '' Galeodes adamsi'' (Turk, 1947) — Iraq * '' Galeodes afghanus'' Pocock, 1895 — Afghanistan, Pakistan * '' Galeodes agilis'' Pocock, 1895 — India * '' Galeodes anatoliae'' Turk, 1960 — Turkey * '' Galeodes annandalei'' Hirst, 1908 — India, Pakistan * '' Galeodes arabs'' C.L. Koch, 1842 — North Africa, Middle East * '' Galeodes araneoides'' (Pallas, 1772) — Middle East, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan * '' Galeodes armeniacus'' Birula, 1929 — Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan * '' Galeodes ater'' (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes atriceps'' Roewer, 1934 — Iran, Israel * '' Galeodes atroluteus'' (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes atrospinatus'' (Roewer, 1941) — Pakistan * '' Galeodes aulicus'' Hirst, 1908 — Iran * '' Galeodes auronitens'' Birula, 1905 — Iran * '' Galeodes australis'' Pocock, 1900 — India * '' Galeodes babylonicus'' Roewer, 1934 — Iraq, Israel * '' Galeodes bacillatus'' Birula, 1905 — Iran * '' Galeodes bacillifer'' Pocock, 1900 — Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan * '' Galeodes bacilliferoides'' Roewer, 1934 — Iran, Iraq, Pakistan * '' Galeodes bactrianus'' Birula, 1937 — Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan * '' Galeodes barbarus'' Lucas, 1849 — North Africa * '' Galeodes belutschistanus'' (Roewer, 1934) — Afghanistan, Pakistan * '' Galeodes bengalicus'' (Roewer, 1934) — India * '' Galeodes bicolor'' Roewer, 1934 — Israel, Pakistan * '' Galeodes blanchardi'' Simon, 1891 — Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Togo, Tunisia * '' Galeodes bocharicus'' Roewer, 1934 — Uzbekistan * '' Galeodes bogojavlenskii'' Birula, 1906 — Iraq, Israel, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan * '' Galeodes bubi'' Birula, 1937 — Uzbekistan * '' Galeodes caspius'' Birula, 1890 — Central Asia, Azerbaijan, China, Iran, Israel * '' Galeodes chitralensis'' Hirst, 1908 — Pakistan * '' Galeodes citrinus'' Pocock, 1895 — Iran, Pakistan * '' Galeodes clavatus'' Roewer, 1934 — Tunisia * '' Galeodes claviger'' Kraus, 1959 — Iran * '' Galeodes conversus'' Roewer, 1934 — Azerbaijan, Turkey * '' Galeodes crassichelis'' Roewer, 1934 — Tunisia * '' Galeodes ctenogaster'' (Roewer, 1934) — India * '' Galeodes ctenoides'' Roewer, 1934 — Iran * '' Galeodes cursor'' (Roewer, 1934) — Pakistan * '' Galeodes dahlahensis'' Harvey, 2002 — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes darendensis'' Harvey, 2002 — Turkey * '' Galeodes darius'' Pocock, 1895 — Iraq, Israel * '' Galeodes dekanicus'' (Roewer, 1934) — India * '' Galeodes dellacaveae'' Harvey, 2002 — Somalia * '' Galeodes discolor'' Kraepelin, 1899 — Iran * '' Galeodes distinctus'' (Roewer, 1934) — Lebanon * '' Galeodes edentatus'' Benoit, 1964 — Sudan * '' Galeodes egregius'' Roewer, 1934 — Azerbaijan * '' Galeodes elegans'' Roewer, 1934 — North Macedonia * '' Galeodes ephippiatus'' Roewer, 1941 — Iran * '' Galeodes excelsius'' (Lawrence, 1956) — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes fatalis'' (Lichtenstein, 1796) — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India * '' Galeodes fessanus'' (Roewer, 1934) — Libya * '' Galeodes festivus'' Hirst, 1908 — Iran * '' Galeodes flavivittatus'' (Roewer, 1934) — Algeria * '' Galeodes forcipatus'' Roewer, 1934 — Turkey * '' Galeodes franki'' (Kraus, 1959) — Iran * '' Galeodes fremitans'' (Roewer, 1934) — Pakistan * '' Galeodes fumigatus'' Walter, 1889 — Iran, Turkmenistan * '' Galeodes graecus'' C.L. Koch, 1842 — Armenia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Syria, Turkey * '' Galeodes granti'' Pocock, 1903 — Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel, Sudan, Syria, Yemen * '' Galeodes gravelyi'' (Roewer, 1934) — India * '' Galeodes gromovi'' Harvey, 2002 — Azerbaijan, Iraq, Turkey * '' Galeodes hakkariensis'' Erdek, 2021 — Turkey * '' Galeodes hellenicus'' Roewer, 1934 — Greece * '' Galeodes indicus'' Pocock, 1900 — India * '' Galeodes inermis'' (Caporiacco, 1941) — Ethiopia * '' Galeodes insidiator'' (Roewer, 1934) — Yemen * '' Galeodes interjectus'' (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes intermedius'' (Frade, 1948) — Guinea-Bissau * '' Galeodes interritus'' Roewer, 1934 — Iran * '' Galeodes karunensis'' Birula, 1905 — Iran * '' Galeodes kermanensis'' Birula, 1905 — Iran * '' Galeodes koeiena'' Lawrence, 1956 — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes kozlovi'' Birula, 1911 — China, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan * '' Galeodes kraepelini'' Roewer, 1934 — Egypt * '' Galeodes krausi'' Harvey, 2002 — Iran * '' Galeodes lacertosus'' Roewer, 1934 — Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen * '' Galeodes laevipalpis'' Birula, 1905 — Uzbekistan * '' Galeodes laniator'' Roewer, 1934 — Iraq, Israel * '' Galeodes lapidosus'' Roewer, 1934 — Turkey * '' Galeodes lawrencei'' Harvey, 2002 — Iraq * '' Galeodes levyi'' Harvey, 2002 — Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria * '' Galeodes limitatus'' (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes lindbergi'' Roewer, 1960 — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes litigiosus'' Roewer, 1934 — Yemen * '' Galeodes loeffleri'' Roewer, 1952 — Iran * '' Galeodes luteipalpis'' (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes lybicus'' Roewer, 1941 — Libya * '' Galeodes lycaonis'' Turk, 1960 — Turkey * '' Galeodes macmahoni'' Pocock, 1900 — Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan * '' Galeodes marginatus'' Roewer, 1961 — Turkey * '' Galeodes mauryi'' Harvey, 2002 — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes medusae'' Turk, 1960 — Egypt * '' Galeodes melanalis'' Roewer, 1934 — Pakistan * '' Galeodes melanopalpus'' (Roewer, 1934) — Pakistan * '' Galeodes minimus'' Roewer, 1934 — Morocco * '' Galeodes minitor'' Roewer, 1934 — Morocco * '' Galeodes mongolicus'' Roewer, 1934 — Mongolia * '' Galeodes montivagans'' Roewer, 1934 — China * '' Galeodes mosconibronzii'' (Caporiacco, 1937) — Somalia * '' Galeodes nachitschevanicus'' Aliev, 1985 — Azerbaijan * '' Galeodes nigrichelis'' (Roewer, 1934) — Azerbaijan * '' Galeodes notatus'' (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes olivieri'' Simon, 1879 — Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia * '' Galeodes orientalis'' Stoliczka, 1869 — Syria, India * '' Galeodes pallescens'' Hirst, 1908 — India * '' Galeodes palpalis'' Roewer, 1934 — Tunisia * '' Galeodes parvus'' Roewer, 1934 — Pakistan * '' Galeodes perotis'' Roewer, 1934 — Cameroon * '' Galeodes philippovi'' (Birula, 1941) — Yemen * '' Galeodes philippoviczi'' Birula, 1937 — Turkmenistan * '' Galeodes pinkasi'' Turk, 1960 — Jordan * '' Galeodes pirzadanus'' (Lawrence, 1956) — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes pococki'' Birula, 1905 — Iran, Pakistan * '' Galeodes przevalskii'' Birula, 1905 — China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan * '' Galeodes pugnator'' (Roewer, 1934) — Pakistan * '' Galeodes pusillus'' (Roewer, 1934) — Algeria, Israel * '' Galeodes rapax'' (Roewer, 1934) — Kyrgyzstan or Uzbekistan, China, Kazakhstan * '' Galeodes reimoseri'' Roewer, 1934 — Ethiopia * '' Galeodes revestitus'' Roewer, 1934 — Morocco * '' Galeodes rhamses'' Roewer, 1934 — Egypt * '' Galeodes rhodicola'' Roewer, 1941 — Greece * '' Galeodes roeweri'' Turk, 1948 — Israel * '' Galeodes rufogriseus'' (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes rufulus'' Pocock, 1900 — Pakistan, India * '' Galeodes ruptor'' Roewer, 1934 — Greece, Turkey * '' Galeodes sabulosus'' Pocock, 1900 — India, Pakistan * '' Galeodes sarpolensis'' Harvey, 2002 — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes schach'' Birula, 1905 — Turkey, Iran * '' Galeodes schendicus'' Roewer, 1934 — Sudan * '' Galeodes scythicus'' Roewer, 1934 — Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan * '' Galeodes sedulus'' Roewer, 1934 — China * '' Galeodes sejugatus'' (Roewer, 1934) — Kyrgyzstan or Uzbekistan, China, Kazakhstan * '' Galeodes separandus'' Roewer, 1934 — Turkey * '' Galeodes setipes'' Birula, 1905 — Uzbekistan * '' Galeodes setulosus'' Birula, 1937 — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan * '' Galeodes signatus'' Roewer, 1934 — Pakistan * '' Galeodes simplex'' Roewer, 1934 — Tunisia * '' Galeodes smirnovi'' Birula, 1937 — Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan * '' Galeodes somalicus'' Roewer, 1934 — Somalia * '' Galeodes spectabilis'' (Roewer, 1934) — Pakistan * '' Galeodes starmuehlneri'' Roewer, 1952 — Iran * '' Galeodes striatipalpis'' (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes subbarbarus'' Caporiacco, 1941 — Ethiopia * '' Galeodes subsimilis'' Roewer, 1934 — Turkey * '' Galeodes sulfuripes'' Roewer, 1934 — Iraq, Israel * '' Galeodes sulphureopilosus'' Birula, 1905 — Tajikistan, Uzbekistan * '' Galeodes tangkharzarensis'' Harvey, 2002 — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes tarabulus'' (Roewer, 1934) — Libya * '' Galeodes taurus'' (Roewer, 1934) — Turkey * '' Galeodes testaceus'' (Roewer, 1960) — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes theodori'' Turk, 1960 — Egypt * '' Galeodes tillmani'' (Whittick, 1939) — Somalia * '' Galeodes timbuktus'' (Roewer, 1934) — Mali, Nigeria * '' Galeodes toelgi'' Werner, 1922 — Turkey * '' Galeodes trichotichnus'' (Roewer, 1934) — Iran * '' Galeodes trinkleri'' (Roewer, 1934) — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes tripolitanus'' (Roewer, 1934) — Libya, Morocco * '' Galeodes truculentus'' Pocock, 1899 — Iran * '' Galeodes turanus'' Roewer, 1934 — Uzbekistan * '' Galeodes turcmenicus'' Birula, 1937 — Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan * '' Galeodes turkestanus'' Kraepelin, 1899 — Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan * '' Galeodes turki'' Harvey, 2002 — India * '' Galeodes tuxeni'' (Lawrence, 1956) — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes uzbecus'' Roewer, 1941 — Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan * '' Galeodes veemi'' Whittick, 1939 — Egypt * '' Galeodes venator'' Simon, 1879 — Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia * '' Galeodes ventralis'' Roewer, 1934 — Yemen * '' Galeodes versicolor'' (Lawrence, 1956) — Afghanistan * '' Galeodes viridipilosus'' Roewer, 1941 — Turkey * '' Galeodes vittatus'' (Roewer, 1941) — Iran * '' Galeodes wadaicus'' Roewer, 1934 — Chad * '' Galeodes zarudnyi'' Birula, 1937 — Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2403982 Solifugae genera Arachnids of Europe