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Genus: Lawrencega
Life
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Opisthokonta >
Metazoa
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Arthropoda > Arachnomorpha > Cheliceriformes > Chelicerata > Euchelicerata
> Arachnida > Solifugae
> Family: Melanoblossidae
Seven species, endemic to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. (2006)
and Harvey (2003).
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Lawrencega hamiltoni
Recorded from Palm Canyon, near the Unjab River mouth,
Namibia. |
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Lawrencega hewitti
Recorded from Henkries in the Northern Cape, South Africa. |
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Lawrencega longitarsis
Recorded near Gobabeb in the Namib Desert, Namibia. |
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Lawrencega minuta
Recorded from Gobabeb in the Namib Desert, Namibia. |
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Lawrencega procera
Recorded from the Ganab flat in the Namib Desert, Namibia. |
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Lawrencega solaris
Recorded from Gobabeb in the Namib Desert, Namibia. |
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Lawrencega tripilosa Recorded from
Annisfontein in the Northern Cape, South Africa. |
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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 © |
