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

Biton (Biton) hottentottus (Kraepelin, 1899)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Daesia hottentotta

Subgenus Biton

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:36b614af-9fdc-4169-8106-5f4248cb06e8

Genus type of Bitonella Roewer, 1933

Taxonomic references

Daesia hottentotta

Kraepelin, 1899b: 229, fig. 10 original description
Kraepelin, 1901a: 95, fig. 64
Kraepelin, 1908b: 272
Scheuring, 1913: 610
Kraepelin, 1914b: 127
Hewitt, 1919b: 54
Moritz and Fischer, 1980: 144

Bitonella hottentotta (Kraepelin):

Roewer, 1932: n/a, fig. 111
Roewer, 1933: 407, fig. 279a
Roewer, 1941: 142
Zilch, 1946: 131
Lawrence, 1953: 961

Biton hottentottus (Kraepelin):

Lawrence, 1955: 185 (as Biton hottentotta [sic])
Lawrence, 1963: 19, 24 (as Biton hottentotta [sic])
Wharton, 1981: 16–17

Biton (Biton) hottentottus (Kraepelin):

Harvey, 2003c: 221
Dippenaar-Schoeman, González Reyes and Harvey, 2006: 73

Distribution
Distribution table
Namibia
South Africa
Type locality: Great Namaqualand (as Groß Namaqualand), Karas, Namibia.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Great Namaqualand (IMPRECISE) -27 17
Type repository
  • Syntypes: 2 males (ZMB 7965–7966)
Zoobank LSID

73C73F13-93E4-46CC-B074-813C1C7BA62E

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

Hewitt, J. (1919b). A short survey of the Solifugae of South Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 7: 1–76. ZooBank: A482F120-5B87-40C4-966C-7F7C45767C44 -- Show included taxa

Kraepelin, K. (1899b). Zur Systematik der Solifugen. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 16(Beiheft 2): 197–259, pl. 1–2. ZooBank: 39248BB6-2EF6-422A-AD77-9F5927F60486 -- Show included taxa

Kraepelin, K. (1901a). Palpigradi und Solifugae. Tierreich 12: i–xi, 1–159. ZooBank: E2C34B30-894C-4A72-A680-455AD160EE11 -- Show included taxa

Kraepelin, K. (1908b). Skorpione und Solifugen. In: Schultze, L. (ed.) Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika G. Fischer, Jena 13: 247–282. ZooBank: 3754C413-72FA-43B0-BD59-F23F0D30596B -- Show included taxa

Kraepelin, K. (1914b). Skorpiones und Solifugae. In: Michaelsen, W. (ed.) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Land- und Süsswasserfauna Deutsch-Südwestafrikas ergebnisse der Hamburger deutsch-südwestaftrikanischen Studienreise 1911 L. Friederischen & Co., Hamburg: 107–136. ZooBank: 6C39F45C-3A1D-43BF-B745-A58BDFEBD22F -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R.F. (1953). A collection of African Solifugae in the British Museum (Natural History). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 122: 955–972. -- 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

Lawrence, R.F. (1963). The Solifugae of South West Africa. Cimbebasia 8: 1–28. -- Show included taxa

Moritz, M. & Fischer, S.-C. (1980). Die Typen der Arachniden-Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. II. Uropygi, Amblypygi, Schizomida, Ricinulei, Solifuga. Mitteilung aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 56: 137–154. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C.F. (1932). Solifugae, Palpigradi. In: Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs. 5: Arthropoda. IV: Arachnoidea Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H., Leipzig 5(IV)(4)(1): 1–160. ZooBank: 87D72F0D-C48E-4F94-9812-6EA6B1F5FAA2 -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C.F. (1933). Solifugae, Palpigradi. In: Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs. 5: Arthropoda. IV: Arachnoidea Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H., Leipzig 5(IV)(4)(2–3): 161–480. ZooBank: 28295A2B-4B65-49EA-9F54-AADA370B6D68 -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C.F. (1941). Solifugen 1934–1940. Veröffentlichungen des Deutschen Kolonial Ubersee-Museums, Bremen 3: 97–192. ZooBank: 79D60586-BBC6-4936-A708-2648C68C9DED -- Show included taxa

Scheuring, L. (1913). Die Augen der Arachnoideen. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Anatomie und Ontogenie 33: 553–636. -- Show included taxa

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

Zilch, A. (1946). Katalog der Solifugen (Arach.) des Senckenberg-Museums. Senckenbergiana 27: 119–154. -- Show included taxa

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