Hexisopus
| Hexisopus | |
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| Ventral view of Hexisopus fodiens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Solifugae |
| Family: | Hexisopodidae |
| Genus: | Hexisopus Karsch, 1879 |
| Type species | |
| Hexisopus lanatus (C.L. Koch, 1842)
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| Species | |
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15, see text | |
Hexisopus is a genus of hexisopodid camel spiders, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.[1]
Species
[edit]As of March 2023[update], the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following fifteen species:[2]
- Hexisopus abnormis (Roewer, 1932) — Angola
- Hexisopus aureopilosus Lawrence, 1968 — Namibia
- Hexisopus crassus Purcell, 1899 — South Africa
- Hexisopus eberlanzi (Roewer, 1941) — Namibia
- Hexisopus fodiens Simon, 1888 — Botswana
- Hexisopus fumosus Lawrence, 1967 — Namibia
- Hexisopus infuscatus Kraepelin, 1899 — Namibia
- Hexisopus lanatus (C.L. Koch, 1842) — Namibia, South Africa
- Hexisopus moiseli Lamoral, 1972 — Namibia
- Hexisopus nigrolunatus Kraepelin, 1899 — Namibia
- Hexisopus nigroplagiatus Lawrence, 1972 — Namibia
- Hexisopus psammophilus Wharton, 1981 — Namibia
- Hexisopus pusillus Lawrence, 1962 — Namibia
- Hexisopus reticulatus Purcell, 1902 — South Africa
- Hexisopus swarti Lawrence, 1968 — Namibia
References
[edit]- ^ Karsch, F. (1879). "Sieben neue Arachniden von St. Martha". Entomologische Zeitgung. 40: 106–109.
- ^ "Hexisopus Karsch, 1879". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
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