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Genus: Damon
Life
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> Arachnida > Amblypygi
An African genus of 10
species, four of which are native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from Harvey (2003).
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Damon annulatipes
Native to South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal). |
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Damon brachialis
Distribution includes Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia,
Zimbabwe. |
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Damon gracilis
Recorded from Namibia and Angola. |
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Damon variegatus Occurs in South
Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, DRC, Tanzania, Sudan, and
possibly Ethiopia. |
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Publications
- Harvey MS. 2003. Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world.
CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
- Weygoldt P. 1999. Revision of the genus Damon C.L. Koch, 1850
(Chelicerata: Amblypygi: Phrynichidae). Zoologica, Stuttgart 150: 1-45.
- Weygoldt P. 2000a. Whip spiders. Their biology, morphology and
systematics. Apollo Books, Stenstrup.
- Weygoldt P. 2000b. African whip spiders. Synopsis of the Amblypygi
reported from Africa (Arachnida). Memorie della Societé Entomologica
Italiana, Supplemento 78: 339-359.
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