Blossiana wachei Roewer 1933

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 : 23-24

Blossiana wachei Roewer 1933

Fig. 12 A –C

Roewer 1933: 358, fig. 216a (as Blossiana wachei nov. spec.)

Type locality and specimens. nur ♀— Abessinien (70 km nördl. Harrar )—(vidi 1♀, Typus) .

Dimensions. Körperlänge 11 mm. [11.15; 13.83mm]

Oldest Label. Blossia cf. spinosa E. Simon, 70 km n.w. von Harrar, Abessinien, E. Wache c. 9.IV.10 (Kraepelin handwriting).

Additional label 1. Abessininen ca. 70 km NW v. Harrar, Sammelplatz 2. 24.XII.1909 – 15.I.1910. E. Wache leg., vend. 9. IV. 1910 (typewriter).

Additional label 2. Blossiana wachei n.g. n. sp., 1♀ —Typus-Harrar-Wache leg. revid. 1931. Roewer—No. 8268 (Roewer handwriting).

Type material. Holotype ♀ (ZMH-A0000179).

Collection remarks. The type locality is the city of Harar in eastern Ethiopia. It is difficult to reconstruct the history behind the specimen but many museums hold specimens (insects, reptiles and birds) collected by E. Wache between 1907–1910.

Current systematic position. Daesiidae , Blossiana wachei Roewer 1933 .

Figures

FIGURE 12. A–C. Blossiana wachei Roewer 1933, female holotype. D–F. Gluviopsis somalica Roewer 1933, female holotype.A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Left chelicera, external view. D. Left chelicera, external view.E. Dorsal view.F. Ventral view.