Galeodes araneoides discolor Kraepelin 1899

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 : 32

Galeodes araneoides discolor Kraepelin 1899

Fig. 18A–F

Kraepelin 1899: 202 (as G. araneoides discolor n. var.)

Type locality and specimens. So namentlich in Persien verbreitet.

Dimensions. [♂ lectotype 36.69; 45.63; ♀ paralectotype 33.22; 43.77].

Oldest label 1. Galeodes araneoides discolor Krpln , ♂ ♀ Mus . Turin 27.vii.1899, Teheran, Persien ( Kraepelin handwriting).

Oldest label 2. Galeodes araneoides discolor Krpln , ♀, Mus . Berlin . 27.VII.1899, Teheran ( Kraepelin handwriting).

Type material. Lectotype ♂, 2♀ paralectotypes designated here (ZMH-A0000196);

1♀ paralectotype designated here (ZMH-A0000198).

Taxonomic remarks. In the original description of this variation, Kraepelin (1899: 202) described both male and female specimens without measurements and gave Persia (today Iran) as the distribution. There is a male adult syntype at the SMF (catalog no. 9903418) from Iran, Teheran and 1♂ 1♀ syntypes at the ZMB (catalog no. 7761, 7976) that should be regarded as paralectotypes. Contra Weidner (1959) one female holotype.

Current systematic position. Galeodidae , Galeodes discolor Kraepelin 1899 .

Figures

FIGURE18.Galeodes araneoides discolor Kraepelin 1899.A–C. Malelectotype.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.