Genus: Melanoblossia Purcell, 1903 | Family: Melanoblossiidae Roewer, 1933 | Order: Solifugae Sundevall, 1833

Melanoblossia namaquensis Lawrence, 1935

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Melanoblossia namaquensis

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:d0d4c8ae-b2c6-4ec8-bb1a-2664d4e9cce4

Taxonomic references

Melanoblossia namaquensis

Lawrence, 1935a: 86–88, figs 11a–b original description
Roewer, 1941: 125–126, figs 82–83
Lawrence, 1955: 175
Harvey, 2003c: 289
Dippenaar-Schoeman, González Reyes and Harvey, 2006: 81
Bird and Wharton, 2015: 516

Distribution
Distribution table
South Africa
Type locality: Bowesdorp (as Bowiesdorp), Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Bowesdorp -30.15 17.933333
Type repository
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References

Bird, TL. & Wharton, R.A. (2015). Description of a new solifuge Melanoblossia ansie sp. n. (Solifugae, Melanoblossiidae) with notes on the setiform flagellar complex of Melanoblossiinae Roewer, 1933. African Invertebrates 56: 515–525. doi: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.056.0218 -- Show included taxa

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: 70–92. -- 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. (1935a). New South African Solifugae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 23: 71–90. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00359193509520537 -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R.F. (1955). Solifugae, scorpions and Pedipalpi, with checklists and keys to South African families, genera and species. In: South African animal life. Results of the Lund Expedition in 1950-1951 Almquist and Wiksell, Stockholm 1: 152–262. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C.F. (1941). Solifugen 1934–1940. Veröffentlichungen des Deutschen Kolonial Ubersee-Museums, Bremen 3: 97–192. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2023-01-13 New taxonomic reference entry Bird and Wharton, 2015