Biton (Biton) velox Simon, 1885

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Biton velox

Subgenus Biton

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:5bd562d2-d9c3-4a5d-9c37-e68ef21bcfdd


Taxonomic references

Biton velox

Simon, 1885c: 47 original description
Roewer, 1933: 402, fig. 276h
Roewer, 1941: 140
Zilch, 1946: 130
Zavattari, 1957: 63
Roewer, 1961b: 411
Delle Cave and Simonetta, 1971: 52, fig. 5
Guariento, Bolognin, Aba, Bouragaoui, Kilani and Ouni, 2020: 80
Guariento, Devincenzo, Schifani, Russo, Moretto and Sarà, 2018: 200-206, figs 2a-f; 4

Daesia velox (Simon):

Kraepelin, 1901a: 96

Biton (Biton) velox Simon:

Harvey, 2003c: 225

Not Biton velox Simon:

Fage in Fage and Simon, 1936: 306
Moriggi, 1941: 281
Roewer, 1941: 140 (misidentifications, see Biton velox dmitrievi (Birula))

Distribution
Distribution table
Ethiopia
Israel
Italy
Kenya
Libya
Somalia
Tunisia
Type locality: Gabès, Qabis, Tunisia. Djebel Oum Ali, Qibili, Tunisia.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Gabès 33.883333 10.116667
2 Djebel Oum Ali 34.133333 9.15
Type repository
    N/A
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:50EA7207-75A8-4971-B2D7-46E5FF354A13

References

Delle Cave, L. & Simonetta, A.M. (1971). A tentative revision of the Daesiidae (Arachnida, Solifugae) from Ethiopia and Somalia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, n.s., Supplemento 4: 37–77. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1972.10736773 -- Show included taxa

Fage, L. & Simon, E. (1936). Mission Scientifique de l'Omo, Tome III. - Fascicule 30. Arachnida III. Pedipalpi, Scorpiones, Solifuga et Araneae (1re partie).. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 4: 293–340. -- 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

Kraepelin, K. (1901a). Palpigradi und Solifugae. Tierreich 12: i–xi, 1–159. -- Show included taxa

Moriggi, M. (1941). Le Solpughe dell'Africa Orientale italiana. Rivista di Biologia Coloniale, Roma 4: 273–291. -- 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. -- Show included taxa

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

Roewer, C.F. (1961b). Biogeografica delle Isole Pelagie. Arachnida, Solifuga. Rendiconti della Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze (4) 11: 411. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1885c). Étude sur les Arachnides recueillis en Tunisie en 1883 et 1884 par Mm. A. Letourneux, M. Sédillot et Valery Mayet. In: Exploration Scientifique de la Tunisie Imprimerie Nationale, Paris: 1–55. -- Show included taxa

Zavattari, E. (1957). Rinvenimento delle solpughe nell'Isola di Lampedusa. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana 87: 63. -- Show included taxa

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

Guariento, Luis Alessandro, Devincenzo, Umberto, Schifani, E., Russo, R., Moretto, Enzo & Sarà, M. (2018). Rediscovery of the enigmatic solifuges (Arachnida: Solifugae) at Lampedusa Island (Italy). The European Zoological Journal 85: 201–209. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2018.1467505 -- Show included taxa

Guariento, L.A., Bolognin, L., Aba, W.B., Bouragaoui, Z., Kilani, F. & Ouni, R. (2020). Assessing solifuge biodiversity in Tunisia: new data on Biton velox Simon, 1885  and first report of the enigmatic genus Tarabulida Roewer, 1933. Spixiana 43(1): 80. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2023-01-20 Species updated Old value
2023-01-20 New taxonomic reference entry Guariento, Devincenzo, Schifani, Russo, Moretto and Sarà, 2018
2023-01-12 Taxonomic reference update Guariento, Bolognin, Aba, Bouragaoui, Kilani and Ouni, 2020
2023-01-12 New taxonomic reference entry