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

Biton (Biton) adamanteus Lawrence, 1968

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Biton adamanteus

Subgenus Biton

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:b1b4097d-97dc-4578-8cf6-838b3a20a6fd

Taxonomic references

Biton adamanteus

Lawrence, 1968b: 60–61, figs 5a–b, 5e original description
Wharton, 1981: 15, fig. 11

Biton (Biton) adamanteus Lawrence:

Harvey, 2003c: 219
Dippenaar-Schoeman, González Reyes and Harvey, 2006: 73

Distribution
Distribution table
Namibia
South Africa
Type locality: Sossus Vlei, Hardap, Namibia.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Sossus Vlei -24.733333 15.366666
Type repository
  • Holotype male, Allotype female (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: 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. (1968b). A contribution to the solifugid fauna of southern Africa (Arachnida). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 26: 53–77. -- Show included taxa

Wharton, R.A. (1981). Namibian Solifugae (Arachnida). Cimbebasia Memoir 5: 1–87. -- Show included taxa

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