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Corresponding author: Paula E. Cushing ( 2016.arachnology@gmail.com ) Academic editor: David Langor
© 2019 Paula E. Cushing, Jack O. Brookhart.
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Citation:
Cushing PE, Brookhart JO (2019) Solifugae of Canada. In: Langor DW, Sheffield CS (Eds) The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 73-75. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.819.25166
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The Solfugae fauna of Canada includes three known species: Eremobates docolora Brookhart and Muma, E. scaber (Kraepelin), and Hemerotrecha denticulata Muma. It is expected that as many as four additional species may be found in Canada. Only one Barcode Index Number is currently known from Canadian specimens.
biodiversity assessment, Biota of Canada, camel spiders, solifugids
The arachnid order Solifugae, commonly known as camel spiders, wind scorpions, or sun spiders, is a relatively small order with over 1100 described species, about 200 of which occur in North America (
Taxon | No. species reported in |
No. species currently known from Canada1 | No. BINs1 available for Canadian species | Est. no. undescribed or unrecorded species in Canada | General distribution by ecozone2 | Information sources |
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Eremobatidae | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | Western Interior Basin, Prairies |
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Four undescribed species, two Eremobates and two Hemerotrecha, have been proposed from Canada (
Presently, there are six specimens in the Barcodes of Life Data (BOLD) System from British Columbia, represented by one Barcode Index Number (BIN) (Table
The low species diversity of this order of arachnids in Canada can be attributed to the lack of suitable habitats and climatic conditions in these northern latitudes for a group adapted to dry, warm, xeric conditions with open, sandy soils (
This manuscript was supported by National Science Foundation Grant # DEB-1754587 awarded to PEC.