Biology:Daesiidae

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Short description: Family of spider-like animals

Daesiidae
Temporal range: Eocene–recent
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Gluvia dorsalis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Daesiidae
Kraepelin, 1899

Daesiidae is a family of solifugids, which are widespread in Africa and the Middle East.[1] Members of the family are also present in India , Italy, South America, the Balkans, and the single species Gluvia dorsalis in the Iberian Peninsula. A single fossil species is known from Eocene Baltic amber.[2]

Genera

(As of September 2022), the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following twenty-nine genera:[3]


References

  1. "Family Daesiidae Kraepelin 1899". The Arachnid Order Solifugae. http://www.solpugid.com/Daesiidae.htm. Retrieved May 15, 2010. 
  2. Jason A. Dunlop & Anja E. Klanz (2009). "A second camel spider (Arachnida: Solifugae) from Baltic amber" (PDF). Acta Geologica Polonica 59 (1): 39–44. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716061543/http://www.geo.uw.edu.pl/agp/table/pdf/59-1/02_dunlop.pdf. 
  3. "Daesiidae Kraepelin, 1899". Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/solifugae/genera/43. 

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