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Hexisopodidae
Hexisopodidae is a family of solifuges, first described by Reginald Innes Pocock Reginald Innes Pocock F.R.S. (4 March 1863 – 9 August 1947) was a British zoologist. Pocock was born in Clifton, Bristol, the fourth son of Rev. Nicholas Pocock and Edith Prichard. He began showing interest in natural history at St. Edward ... in 1897. Genera , the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following two genera: * '' Chelypus'' Purcell, 1902 * '' Hexisopus'' Karsch, 1879 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3135059 Arachnids of Africa Solifugae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelypus
''Chelypus'' ('clawfoot') is a genus of slow-moving, burrowing sunspiders confined to the deserts and arid regions of Southern Africa. Description They are readily separated from other Solifugae by an absence of claws on the fourth pair of legs. Both ''Chelypus'', and the related genus '' Hexisopus'' spend a large part of their existence underground, and their 2nd, 3rd and particularly 4th pair of legs are shortened and robust, and equipped with rake-like spines for digging. Members of the family Hexisopodidae differ markedly in morphology from those of other Solifugae families - most patently in their fossorial rather than cursorial legs. Such extreme modifications often blur relationships with other taxa, and hexisopodid genealogy is no exception. The main external difference between ''Chelypus'' and ''Hexisopus'' is the presence of well-developed spines on the pedipalps of Chelypus. Its subterranean way of life makes the family extremely difficult to study. Distribution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solifugae
Solifugae is an order of animals in the class Arachnida known variously as camel spiders, wind scorpions, sun spiders, or solifuges. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 147 genera. Despite the common names, they are neither true scorpions (order Scorpiones), nor true spiders (order Araneae). Most species of Solifugae live in dry climates and feed opportunistically on ground-dwelling arthropods and other small animals. The largest species grow to a length of , including legs. A number of urban legends exaggerate the size and speed of the Solifugae, and their potential danger to humans, which is negligible. Anatomy Solifuges are moderately small to large arachnids (a few millimeters to several centimeters in body length), with the larger species reaching in length, including legs. In practice, the respective lengths of the legs of various species differ drastically, so the resulting figures are often misleading. More practical measurements refer primari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hexisopus
''Hexisopus'' is a genus of hexisopodid camel spiders, first described by Ferdinand Karsch Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch or Karsch-Haack (2 September 1853, in Münster – 20 December 1936, in Berlin) was a German arachnologist, entomologist and anthropologist. The son of a doctor, Karsch was educated at the Friedrich Wilhelm Univers ... in 1879. Species , the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following fifteen species: * '' Hexisopus abnormis'' (Roewer, 1932) — Angola * '' Hexisopus aureopilosus'' Lawrence, 1968 — Namibia * '' Hexisopus crassus'' Purcell, 1899 — South Africa * '' Hexisopus eberlanzi'' (Roewer, 1941) — Namibia * '' Hexisopus fodiens'' Simon, 1888 — Botswana * '' Hexisopus fumosus'' Lawrence, 1967 — Namibia * '' Hexisopus infuscatus'' Kraepelin, 1899 — Namibia * '' Hexisopus lanatus'' (C.L. Koch, 1842) — Namibia, South Africa * '' Hexisopus moiseli'' Lamoral, 1972 — Namibia * '' Hexisopus nigrolunatus'' Kraepelin, 1899 — Namibia * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Innes Pocock
Reginald Innes Pocock F.R.S. (4 March 1863 – 9 August 1947) was a British zoologist. Pocock was born in Clifton, Bristol, the fourth son of Rev. Nicholas Pocock and Edith Prichard. He began showing interest in natural history at St. Edward's School, Oxford. He received tutoring in zoology from Sir Edward Poulton, and was allowed to explore comparative anatomy at the Oxford Museum. He studied biology and geology at University College, Bristol, under Conwy Lloyd Morgan and William Johnson Sollas. In 1885, he became an assistant at the Natural History Museum, and worked in the section of entomology for a year. He was put in charge of the collections of Arachnida and Myriapoda. He was also given the task to arrange the British birds collections, in the course of which he developed a lasting interest in ornithology. The 200 papers he published in his 18 years at the museum soon brought him recognition as an authority on Arachnida and Myriapoda; he described between 300 and 400 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arachnids Of Africa
Arachnida () is a class of joint-legged invertebrate animals (arthropods), in the subphylum Chelicerata. Arachnida includes, among others, spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, camel spiders, whip spiders and vinegaroons. Almost all adult arachnids have eight legs, although the front pair of legs in some species has converted to a sensory function, while in other species, different appendages can grow large enough to take on the appearance of extra pairs of legs. The term is derived from the Greek word (''aráchnē'', 'spider'), from the myth of the hubristic human weaver Arachne, who was turned into a spider. Almost all extant arachnids are terrestrial, living mainly on land. However, some inhabit freshwater environments and, with the exception of the pelagic zone, marine environments as well. They comprise over 100,000 named species, of which 47,000 are species of spiders. Morphology Almost all adult arachnids have eight legs, unlike adult insects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
