''Gluvia'' is a genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by

Carl Ludwig Koch Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and common house spider. He was bo ...

in 1842. It only has two species, ''Gluvia dorsalis'' and ''Gluvia brunnea'', the only two

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

solifugid 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 nei ...

found in Portugal and Spain. ''Gluvia dorsalis'' is reported to be a common species on the streets of

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

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Solifugae genera Monotypic arachnid genera Animals described in 1817 Fauna of the Iberian Peninsula {{Solifugae-stub