Biology:Ceroma (arachnid)

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Short description: Genus of camel spiders

Ceroma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Ceromidae
Genus: Ceroma
Karsch, 1885
Type species
Ceroma ornatum
Karsch, 1885
Species

16, see text

Ceroma is a genus of ceromid camel spiders, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1885.[1]

Species

(As of October 2022), the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following sixteen species:[2]

  • Ceroma biseriata Lawrence, 1960 — Angola
  • Ceroma hessei Roewer, 1933 — Tanzania
  • Ceroma inerme Purcell, 1899 — South Africa (Walvis Bay)
  • Ceroma johnstonii Pocock, 1897 — Malawi
  • Ceroma katanganum Roewer, 1933 — Congo
  • Ceroma langi Hewitt, 1935 — Botswana
  • Ceroma leppanae Hewitt, 1914 — South Africa, Zimbabwe
  • Ceroma macrognatha Lawrence, 1954 — Tanzania
  • Ceroma ornatum Karsch, 1885 — Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • Ceroma pictulum Pocock, 1902 — Namibia, South Africa
  • Ceroma sclateri Purcell, 1899 — South Africa
  • Ceroma similis Roewer, 1941 — Tanzania
  • Ceroma swierstrae Lawrence, 1935 — South Africa
  • Ceroma sylvestris Lawrence, 1938 — Zimbabwe
  • Ceroma victoriae Benoit, 1965 — Uganda
  • Ceroma zomba Roewer, 1933 — Malawi

References

  1. Karsch, Ferdinand (1885). "Verzeichnis der von Dr. G.A. Fischer auf der im Auftrage der geographischen Gesellschaft in Hamburg unternommenen Reise in das Massai-land gesammelten Myriopoden und Arachniden.". Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 2: 131–139. 
  2. "Ceroma Karsch, 1885". Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/solifugae/species/716. 

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