Genus: Ceroma
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> Family: Ceromidae
Native to Southern and Eastern Africa, with seven of the 16
species recorded from southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. (2006)
and Harvey (2003).
Ceroma inerme
Recorded from Walvis Bay, Namibia. |
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Ceroma langi
Recorded from Lake Ngami, Botswana. |
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Ceroma leppanae
Distribution includes South Africa (Eastern Cape) and
Zimbabwe. |
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Ceroma pictulum
Distribution includes Namibia and South Africa (Eastern
Cape). |
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Ceroma sclateri
Recorded from Houwhoek and Ashton in the Western Cape,
South Africa. |
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Ceroma swierstrae
Recorded from Prince Albert and Laingsburg, Western Cape,
South Africa. |
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Ceroma sylvestris Recorded from
Chirinda Forest, Mount Selinda, Zimbabwe. |
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Publications
- Dippenaar-Schoeman A, Gonzalez Reyers AX, Harvey MS. 2006. A
check-list of the Solifugae (sun spiders) of South Africa (Arachnida:
Solifugae). African Plant Protection 12:70-92.
- Harvey MS. 2003. Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world.
CSIRO Publishing, Australia.
Text by Norman Larsen © |