Melanoblossiidae is a family of solifuges, first described by

Carl Friedrich Roewer Carl Friedrich Roewer (12 October 1881, in Neustrelitz – 17 June 1963) was a German arachnologist. He concentrated on harvestmen, where he described almost a third (2,260) of today's known species, but also almost 700 taxa of spiders and numerou ...

in 1933.

Genera

, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following six genera: * ''

Daesiella ''Daesiella'' is a monotypic genus of melanoblossiid camel spiders, first described by John Hewitt in 1934. Its single species, ''Daesiella'' ''pluridens'' is distributed in Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a ...

'' Hewitt, 1934 * ''

Dinorhax ''Dinorhax'' is a monotypic genus of melanoblossiid camel spiders, first described by Eugène Simon in 1879. Its single species, ''Dinorhax rostrumpsittaci'' is distributed in Indonesia and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ...

'' Simon, 1879 * ''

Lawrencega ''Lawrencega'' is a genus of melanoblossiid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer Carl Friedrich Roewer (12 October 1881, in Neustrelitz – 17 June 1963) was a German arachnologist. He concentrated on harvestmen, where he d ...

'' Roewer, 1933 * ''

Melanoblossia ''Melanoblossia'' is a genus of melanoblossiid camel spiders, first described by William Frederick Purcell William Frederick Purcell (18 September 1866 - 3 October 1919) was an English-born South African arachnologist and zoologist. He is r ...

'' Purcell, 1903 * ''

Microblossia ''Microblossia'' is a monotypic genus of melanoblossiid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1941. Its single species, ''Microblossia'' ''eberlanzi'' is distributed in Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic o ...

'' Roewer, 1941 * ''

Unguiblossia ''Unguiblossia'' is a genus of melanoblossiid camel spiders, first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer Carl Friedrich Roewer (12 October 1881, in Neustrelitz – 17 June 1963) was a German arachnologist. He concentrated on harvestmen, where he ...

'' Roewer, 1941

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3304915 Solifugae families Taxa described in 1933