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Zeriassa

Zeriassa is a genus of solpugid camel spiders, first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897.

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Zeriassa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Solpugidae
Genus: Zeriassa
Pocock, 1897
Type species
Zeriassa bicolor
(Pocock, 1897)
Species

17, see text

Zeriassa is a genus of solpugid camel spiders, first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897.1

Species

As of August 2023, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following seventeen species:2

  • Zeriassa bicolor (Pocock, 1897) — Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania
  • Zeriassa cuneicornis (Purcell, 1899) — Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe
  • Zeriassa dubia Caporiacco, 1944 — Somalia
  • Zeriassa furcicornis Lawrence, 1929 — South Africa
  • Zeriassa inflexa Roewer, 1933 — Kenya, Tanzania
  • Zeriassa intermedia Lawrence, 1953 — Kenya
  • Zeriassa lawrencei Roewer, 1933 — Namibia
  • Zeriassa lepida Kraepelin, 1913 — Somalia, Tanzania
  • Zeriassa pardii Simonetta and Cave, 1968 — Somalia
  • Zeriassa purcelli Hewitt, 1914 — South Africa
  • Zeriassa ruspolii (Pavesi, 1897) — Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
  • Zeriassa spinulosa Pocock, 1898 — Ethiopia, Kenya
  • Zeriassa spiralis Roewer, 1933 — Congo
  • Zeriassa sudanica Roewer, 1933 — Sudan
  • Zeriassa transvaalensis Lawrence, 1964 — South Africa
  • Zeriassa tuxeni Lawrence, 1965 — South Africa
  • Zeriassa wabonica Roewer, 1933 — Kenya
References

References

  1. Pocock, R. I. (1897). "On the genera and species of tropical African Arachnida of the order Solifugae, with notes upon the taxonomy and habits of the group". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 20 (6): 249–272.
  2. "Zeriassa Pocock, 1897". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.