Open AccessNine new species of the Eremobates scaber species group of the North American camel spider genus Eremobates (Solifugae, Eremobatidae)
Author(s) -
Paula E. Cushing,
Jack O. Brookhart
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
zootaxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1175-5334
pISSN - 1175-5326
DOI - 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.4.3
Subject(s) - biology , bonito , spider , species group , zoology , genus , opiliones , key (lock) , species groups , taxonomy (biology) , ecology , fishery , fish <actinopterygii>
Nine new species of the Eremobates scaber species group of the solifuge genus Eremobates Banks 1900 are described, eight of them from Mexico. These new species are: E. axacoa, E. bonito, E. cyranoi, E. fisheri, E. hidalgoana, E. jaliscoana, E. minamoritaana, E. zacatecana, and E. zapal and together increase the size of this species group to 23. A key to all species in the E. scaber species group is also provided.