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Family of spider-like animals

Daesiidae
Temporal range: Eocene–recent PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Gluvia dorsalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. 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.

Genera

As of September 2022, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following twenty-nine genera:

References

  1. "Family Daesiidae Kraepelin 1899". The Arachnid Order Solifugae. Archived from the original on September 6, 2011. 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 (PDF) on 2011-07-16.
  3. "Daesiidae Kraepelin, 1899". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Daesiidae


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