Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran

Authors: MAHSA KHAZANEHDARI, OMID MIRSHAMSI, MANSOUR ALIABADIAN

Abstract: This study reports records of camel spiders from the NE and NW of Iran: Galeodes bacillatus (♂♀), Galeodes caspius (♂♀), Gylippus (Hemigylippus) lamelliger (♀), Rhagodes melanochaetus (♀), Rhagodes aureus (♂), Karschia persica (♀), and Karschia mastigofera (♂). Of these, K. mastigofera is recorded for the first time from Iran.

Keywords: Solpugids, Iranian Plateau, fauna, new record

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