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

Biton (Biton) schreineri (Purcell, 1903)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Daesia schreineri

Subgenus Biton

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:32f3831b-6b6a-471d-a2c6-4cc701de2531

Taxonomic references

Daesia schreineri

Purcell, 1903b: 14–16, fig. 11 original description

Daesia lineata (Pocock):

Hewitt, 1919b: 54–55 (in part)

Biton schreineri (Purcell):

Roewer, 1932: n/a, figs 110e, 113
Roewer, 1933: 405, fig. 276b
Lawrence, 1935a: 89
Roewer, 1941: 140
Zilch, 1946: 130
Lawrence, 1955: 186
Lawrence, 1962c: 199–201, figs 2a–d
Dean and Griffin, 1993: 93

Biton (Biton) schreineri (Purcell):

Harvey, 2003c: 224
Dippenaar-Schoeman, González Reyes and Harvey, 2006: 75

Distribution
Distribution table
South Africa
Type locality: Hanover, Northern Cape, South Africa. Eierfontein, near Hanover, Northern Cape, South Africa. Palmietfontein, near Hanover, Northern Cape, South Africa. Vlagkop, near Hanover, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Hanover -31.068333 24.439722
2 Eierfontein (farm) -31.066666 24.266666
3 Palmietfontein (farm) 31 24.466666
4 Vlagkop 31 24.466666
Type repository
  • Syntypes: 1 female, 1 male (South African Museum 8783); 1 female (South African Museum 9775); 1 male (South African Museum 9765); 1 female (South African Museum 9783); 1 male (South African Museum 9776)
Zoobank LSID

6E6A8717-4852-428A-AF08-FD9B17AC0A9E

References

Dean, W.R.J. & Griffin, E. (1993). Seasonal activity patterns and habitats in Solifugae (Arachnida) in the southern Karoo, South Africa. South African Journal of Zoology 28: 91–94. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02541858.1993.11448299 -- 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

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

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

Lawrence, R.F. (1962c). A new South African solifuge (Arachnida), with notes on some known species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 36: 197–203. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00359196209519048 -- Show included taxa

Purcell, W.F. (1903b). New Arachnida collected by Mr. S. C. Cronwright Schreiner at Hanover, Cape Colony. Annals of the South African Museum 3: 13–40. ZooBank: 86587A5C-F0A6-451C-BBAC-B8179D72FFDD -- 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

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

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