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ON SOME SUNDRY SPECIES OF SOLIFUGIDS IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
Author(s) -
TURK F. A.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1960.tb05834.x
Subject(s) - hebrew , genus , seta , type (biology) , genealogy , zoology , biology , history , literature , botany , classics , art , ecology
This paper deals with those species of solifugids, not themselves occurring in Israel, which are preserved in the collections of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The difficulties of finding valid characters for the differentiation of species and genera within the Order are discussed and a new classification of the family Galeodidae is proposed based on the observed fact that the distal spinulation of the tarsi is more constant than the proximal: in pursuance of this Paragaleodes Kraepelin is brought back into use. A discussion of the specific characters of the Galeodidae follows and Simla's work on the use of differentiated stridulatory setae is amplified and three types of these are recognized. Five new species of galeodids are described as well as a new genus and species of Solpugidae from Kenya. In addition new species of Rhagodidae and Daesiidae are described and new records of the occurrence of species of the families Karschiidae and Ammotrechidae are noted.