Genus: Biton Karsch, 1880 | Family: Daesiidae Kraepelin, 1899 | Order: Solifugae Sundevall, 1833

Biton (Biton) cataractus Lawrence, 1968

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Biton cataractus

Subgenus Biton

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:69c052a8-b7f2-470f-be0f-5805eff474d9

Taxonomic references

Biton cataractus

Lawrence, 1968b: 59–60, figs 4c–g original description
Wharton, 1981: 16, fig. 11

Biton (Biton) cataractus Lawrence:

Harvey, 2003c: 220
Dippenaar-Schoeman, González Reyes and Harvey, 2006: 73
Dippenaar-Schoeman and González Reyes, 2006: 30-31, table 1

Distribution
Distribution table
Namibia
South Africa
Type locality: Aughrabies Falls, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Aughrabies Falls -28.6 20.333333
Type repository
  • Holotype male (Transvaal Museum)
References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A., González Reyes, A.P. & Harvey, M.S. (2006). A check-list of the Solifugae (sun-spiders) of South Africa (Arachnida: Solifugae). African Plant Protection 12(1): 70–92. -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S. & González Reyes, A.X. (2006). South African National Survey (SANSA): Solifugae (sun-spiders) of the national parks and reserves of South Africa (Arachnida, Solifugae). Koedoe 49(2): 29–38. doi: 10.4102/koedoe.v49i2.114 -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (2003c). Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R.F. (1968b). A contribution to the solifugid fauna of southern Africa (Arachnida). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 26: 53–77. ZooBank: 5F4857E1-B1C8-46E0-B289-6DC6C31D11B1 -- Show included taxa

Wharton, R.A. (1981). Namibian Solifugae (Arachnida). Cimbebasia Memoir 5: 1–87. ZooBank: 7973F1A6-20D7-434E-8693-3C5C050C17CF -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-10-24 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman and González Reyes, 2006