Syndaesia
| Syndaesia mastix | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Solifugae |
| Family: | Daesiidae |
| Genus: | Syndaesia Maury, 1980 |
| Species: | S. mastix |
| Binomial name | |
| Syndaesia mastix Maury, 1980 [1] | |
Syndaesia mastix is a species of arachnid in the order Solifugae, and the only member of the genus Syndaesia. It lives in western Argentina, and is one of only two daesiids in South America, the other being Amacata penai from the Atacama Desert; all other South American solifugids are in the families Eremobatidae and Ammotrechidae.[2]
References
- ↑ Emilio A. Maury (1980). "Presencia de la familia Daesiidae en América del Sur con la descripción de un nuevo género (Solifugae)" [The presence of the family Daesiidae in South America with the description of a new genus (Solifugae)]. Journal of Arachnology 8 (1): 59–67.
- ↑ Charles Leonard Hogue (1993). "Sun spiders". Latin American insects and entomology. University of California Press. pp. 143–144. ISBN 978-0-520-07849-9.