Daesiidae is a family of solifugids, which are widespread in Africa and the Middle East.[1] 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.[2]
| Daesiidae Temporal range:
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| Gluvia dorsalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Solifugae |
| Family: | Daesiidae Kraepelin, 1899 |
Genera
editAs of September 2022[update], the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following twenty-nine genera:[3]
- 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, 1933
- Hodeidania Roewer, 1933
- Mumaella Harvey, 2002
- Namibesia Lawrence, 1962
- Syndaesia Maury, 1980
- Tarabulida Roewer, 1933
- Triditarsula Roewer, 1933
- Triditarsus Roewer, 1933
- Valdesia Maury, 1981
- †Palaeoblossia Dunlop, Wunderlich & Poinar, 2004
References
edit- ^ "Family Daesiidae Kraepelin 1899". The Arachnid Order Solifugae. Archived from the original on September 6, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
- ^ Jason A. Dunlop & Anja E. Klanz (2009). "A second camel spider (Arachnida: Solifugae) from Baltic amber" (PDF). Acta Geologica Polonica. 59 (1): 39–44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.
- ^ "Daesiidae Kraepelin, 1899". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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