Biology:Karschia (arachnid)

Short description: Genus of camel spiders

Karschia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Solifugae
Family:	Karschiidae
Genus:	Karschia Walter, 1889
Type species
Karschia cornifera Walter, 1899
Species
26, see text

Karschia is a genus of karschiid camel spiders, first described by Alfred Walter in 1889.

Species

(As of March 2023), the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following twenty-six species:

• Karschia badkhyzica Gromov, 1998 — Turkmenistan
• Karschia birulae Roewer, 1934 — China
• Karschia borszczevskii Birula, 1935 — Uzbekistan
• Karschia caucasica (L. Koch, 1878) — Azerbaijan
• Karschia cornifera Walter, 1899 — Turkmenistan
• Karschia gobiensis Gromov, 2004 — Mongolia
• Karschia gurkoi Gromov, 2004 — Tajikistan
• Karschia kaznakovi Birula, 1922 — Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• Karschia kiritshenkoi Birula, 1922 — Iran
• Karschia koenigi Birula, 1922 — Turkmenistan
• Karschia kononenkoi Gromov, 2004 — Uzbekistan
• Karschia kopetdaghica Gromov, 1998 — Turkmenistan
• Karschia kurdistanica Birula, 1935 — Iran, Iraq
• Karschia mangistauensis Gromov, 1993 — Kazakhstan
• Karschia mastigofera Birula, 1890 — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey
• Karschia mongolica Roewer, 1933 — Mongolia
• Karschia nasuta Kraepelin, 1899 — Kyrgyzstan
• Karschia nubigena Lawrence, 1954 — Nepal
• Karschia pedaschenkoi Birula, 1922 — Kyrgyzstan
• Karschia persica Kraepelin, 1899 — Iran
• Karschia rhinoceros Birula, 1922 — China, Tajikistan
• Karschia tadzhika Gromov, 2004 — Tajikistan
• Karschia tarimina Roewer, 1933 — China
• Karschia tibetana Hirst, 1907 — China
• Karschia tienschanica Roewer, 1933 — China
• Karschia zarudnyi Birula, 1922 — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5257104 entry