Solpuga capitulata Karsch 1885

Harms, Danilo & Dupérré, Nadine, 2018, An annotated type catalogue of the camel spiders (Arachnida: Solifugae) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg, Zootaxa 4375 (1), pp. 1-58 : 39

Solpuga capitulata Karsch 1885

Fig. 21A–F

Karsch 1885: 136–137, fig. 7 (as Solpuga capitulata nov. spec.)

Type locality and specimens. ♂, ♀ Aus der Ebene am Longidoberge, Massai-Land

Dimensions. ♀ Long. 36 mm. [♂ lectotype 29.34; 36.00; ♀ paralectotype 28.73; 36.84]

Oldest label. Solpuga capitulata Karsch , ♂ ♀, Original ex., Dr. G. A. Fischer l., Soc. Geogr. C. 19.I. 85, Ebene am Longidoberge ( Kraepelin handwriting).

Additional label. Solpuga capitulata Karsch , 1♂, 1♀ —Typus—O. Afrika, Roewer revid. 1932— No. 8518 ( Roewer handwriting).

Type material. Lectotype ♂, paralectotype ♀ juvenile designated here (ZMH-A0000749).

Taxonomic remarks. Contra Weidner (1959: 111) ♂ holotype and ♀ paratype.

Collection remarks. The type locality refers to the flatlands at the base of Mount Longido in northern Tanzania. See Ceroma ornatum for additional details.

Current systematic position. Solpugidae , Zeria capitulata ( Karsch 1885) .

Figures

FIGURE 21. Solpuga capitulata Karsch 1885. A–C. Male lectotype. D–F. Female paralectotype. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view.C. Left chelicera, external view.D. Left chelicera, external view. E. Dorsal view F. Ventral view.