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Genus of camel spiders

Toreus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Ceromidae
Genus: Toreus
Purcell, 1903
Species: T. capensis
Binomial name
Toreus capensis
(Purcell, 1899)

Toreus is a monotypic genus of ceromid camel spiders, first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1903. Its single species, Toreus capensis is distributed in South Africa.

References

  1. Purcell, William Frederick (1903). "Descriptions of new genera and species of South African Solpugidae". Annals of the South African Museum. 3: 1–12.
  2. "Toreus Purcell, 1903". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Toreus


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