Daesia betschuanica Kraepelin 1908b

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 : 20

Daesia betschuanica Kraepelin 1908b

Fig. 10A–C

Kraepelin 1908b: 273, fig. 4 (as Daesia betschuanica n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Als Fundort ist Lobatsi bei Mafeking , Britisch-Betschuanaland , angegeben. Diese neue Art, von der leider nur 2 ♂ erbeutet wurden....

Dimensions. Die Länge des Truncus beträgt 17 mm. [12.09; 15,66]

Oldest label. Daesia betschuanica Krpl, Co-Typus ♂, L. Schultze l., c. IV.08, Lobatsi , Mafeking, Brit. Betschuanaland.

Additional label. Biton betschuanicus (Krpl.) , 1♂ —Typus—Mafeking, revid. 1931, Roewer—No. 8233 (Roewer handwriting).

Type material. Lectotype ♂ designated here (ZMH-A0000171).

Taxonomic remarks. There is one male syntype in the ZMB collections (catalog no.15512) . No original label with locality data is present in the vial, just the label by Roewer and a label possibly handwritten by Kraepelin that has the species name only. The ZMB male was examined, it is smaller in size, and should be regarded as paralectotype .

Collection remarks. The type locality is the town of Lobatse in South-eastern Botswana. Again, this species was collected by Schulze during his 1903–1905 expedition.

Current systematic position. Daesiidae , Biton (Biton) betschuanicus ( Kraepelin 1908b) .

Figures

FIGURE 10. A–C. Daesia betschuanica Kraepelin 1908b. D–F. Daesia habereri Kraepelin 1929, female holotype. A. Dorsal view.B. Ventral view. C. Left chelicera, external view. D.Left chelicera, external view.E. Dorsal view.F. Ventral view.