Zeriassa

Zeriassa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Solpugidae
Genus:
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

  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.