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Paragaleodes erlangeri Kraepelin, 1903
Name: Paragaleodes erlangeri Kraepelin, 1903 Country / Sea: Africa Type: holotype Location: Ethiopia, Akaki River Collection name: Chelicerata and Myriapoda Class: Arachnida Order: Solifugae Family: Galeodidae Preparation: alcohol Gender: male
Collection: Camel spiders / Solifugae
The camel spiders are very unusual arachnids, which are easily recognisable by their huge mouthparts and the characteristic elongated body. The animals have no poison glands and kill their prey by the sheer biting power of their jaw claws. They are fast runners, which are especially at home in the Earth’s deserts and steppes. The collections contain valuable type-material for 38 species, mainly from Africa and South America. There are about 1100 species worldwide.
Contact:
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change - Hamburg site
Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3
20146 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 238317-616
E-mail: D.Harms@leibniz-lib.de
