Mortola is a monotypic genus of ammotrechid camel spiders, first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1938.[1] Its single species, Mortola mortola, is distributed in Argentina.[2]

Mortola mortola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Ammotrechidae
Genus: Mortola
Mello-Leitão, 1938
Species:
M. mortola
Binomial name
Mortola mortola
Mello-Leitão, 1938

References

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  1. ^ Mello-Leitão, Cândido Firmino de (1938). "Solífugos de Argentina". Anales del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales. 40: 1–32.
  2. ^ "Mortola Mello-Leitão, 1938". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.