Solpugidae is a family of
solifuge
Solifugae is an Order (biology), order of animals in the Class (biology), 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 genus, gener ...
s or sun spiders. Solpugidae have groups of papillae on their pedipalps or sensory organs. The papillae come out of sockets that are characterized with the function of mechanoreceptor, and contact chemoreceptors, which allows them to respond to stimuli such as touch and sound.
[[Paula E. Cushing, Patrick Casto, Elizabeth D. Knowlton, Suzanne Royer, Damien Laudier, Douglas D. Gaffin, Lorenzo Prendini, and Jack O. Brookhart "Comparative Morphology and Functional Significance of Setae Called Papillae on the Pedipalps of Male Camel Spiders (Arachnida: Solifugae),"Annals of the Entomological Society of America 107(2), 510-520, (1 March 2014).]]
Genera
, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following seventeen genera:
* ''Ferrandia''
Roewer, 1933
* ''Metasolpuga''
Roewer, 1934
* ''
Oparba''
Roewer, 1934
* ''
Oparbella''
Roewer, 1934
* ''
Prosolpuga''
Roewer, 1934
* ''
Solpuga''
Lichtenstein, 1796
* ''
Solpugassa''
Roewer, 1933
* ''
Solpugeira''
Roewer, 1933
* ''
Solpugella''
Roewer, 1933
* ''
Solpugema''
Roewer, 1933
* ''
Solpugiba''
Roewer, 1934
* ''
Solpugista''
Roewer, 1934
* ''
Solpugisticella''
Turk, 1960
* ''
Solpuguna''
Roewer, 1933
* ''
Solpugyla''
Roewer, 1933
* ''
Zeria''
Simon, 1879
* ''
Zeriassa''
Pocock, 1895
References
* Simon, 1879 : Essai d'une classification des Galéodes, remarques synonymiques et description d'espèces nouvelles ou mal connues. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, ser. 5, vol. 9, p. 93-154.
Solifugae
Arachnid families
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