Gluvia dorsalis

Gluvia dorsalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Daesiidae
Genus: Gluvia
Species: G. dorsalis
Binomial name
Gluvia dorsalis
(Latreille, 1817)
Synonyms [1]

Galeodes dorsalis Latreille, 1817

Gluvia dorsalis is the only species of solifugid which lives in Spain and Portugal.[2] It is reported to be a common species on the streets of Madrid.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Gluvia dorsalis (Latreille 1817)". Fauna Europaea. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=88538. Retrieved May 15, 2010. 
  2. ^ A. Curcó Masip, J. Estrada Bonell, A. Folch Albareda & S. Mañosa Rifé (1996). "Importància ecològica i interès biogeogràfic de la Timoneda d'Alfés, Lleida" (in Catalan) (PDF). http://www.egrell.org/docu/alfes4.pdf. 
  3. ^ J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson (1968). Spiders, scorpions, centipedes, and mites. International Series of Monographs in Chemical Engineering. Pergamon Press.