Eremocosta gigas Roewer, 1934

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Eremocosta gigas

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:66397033-a2c3-476e-8ea6-25723432c026


Genus type of Eremocosta Roewer, 1934

Taxonomic references

Eremocosta gigas

Roewer, 1932: n/a, fig. 127a–b (nomen nudum)

Eremocosta gigas

Roewer, 1934: 569–570, fig. 127 original description
Zilch, 1946: 149
Muma, 1970a: 7–8, figs 5–6
Muma, 1976: 14
Muma, 1987: 19
Harvey, 2002a: 451
Harvey, 2003c: 245–246
Brookhart and Brookhart, 2006: 304
Cushing, Channiago and Brookhart, 2018: 443-466, figs. 1D , 2K-N, 3D, 4C, 5E

Eremopus gigas (Roewer):

Muma, 1989: 5

Eremorhax gigas (Roewer):

Vázquez-Rojas, 1995: 30
Vázquez Rojas, 1996e: 76

Not Eremorhax gigas (Roewer):

Muma, 1951: 48, figs 32–33 (misidentification, see Eremocosta gigasellus (Muma))

Distribution
Distribution table
Mexico
Type locality: Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Tampico 22.25 -97.866666
Type repository
  • Holotype male (SMF)
References

Brookhart, J.O. & Brookhart, I.P. (2006). An annotated checklist of continental North American Solifugae with type depositories, abundance, and notes on their zoogeography. Journal of Arachnology 34: 299–330. doi: https://doi.org/10.1636/H04-02.1 -- Show included taxa

Cushing, P.E., Channiago, F. & Brookhart, J.O. (2018). Revision of the camel spider genus Eremocosta Roewer and a description of the female Eremocosta gigas Roewer (Arachnida, Solifugae).. Zootaxa 4402: 443–466. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4402.3.2 -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (2002a). Nomenclatural notes on Solifugae, Amblypygi, Uropygi and Araneae (Arachnida). Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 449–459. -- 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

Muma, M.H. (1951). The arachnid order Solpugida in the United States. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 97: 35–141. -- Show included taxa

Muma, M.H. (1970a). A synoptic review of North American, Central American, and West Indian Solpugida (Arthropoda: Arachnida). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas 5: 1–62. -- Show included taxa

Muma, M.H. (1976). A review of solpugid families with an annotated list of western hemisphere solpugids. Publication of the Office of Research, Western New Mexico University, Silver City 2: 1–33. -- Show included taxa

Muma, M.H. (1987). New species and records of Solpugida (Arachnida) from Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. Southwest Offset, Silver City. -- Show included taxa

Muma, M.H. (1989). New species and records of Solpugida (Arachnida) from the United States. Douglas Print Shop, Douglas. -- 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. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C.F. (1934). Solifugae, Palpigradi. In: Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs. 5: Arthropoda. IV: Arachnoidea Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H., Leipzig 5(IV)(4)(4–5): 481–723. -- Show included taxa

Vázquez Rojas, I. (1996e). Solifugae. In: Llorente Bousquets, J.E., García Aldrete, A.N. and González Soriano, E. (ed.) Biodiversidad, taxonomía y biogeografía de artrópodos de México: hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F.: 75–78. -- Show included taxa

Vázquez-Rojas, I. (1995). Los aracnidos de Mexico parte 1: Ricinulei, Amblypygi, Solifugae, Palpigradi, Schizomida, Uropygi. Dugesiana 2: 15–37. -- Show included taxa

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

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2022-08-08 New taxonomic reference entry Cushing, Channiago and Brookhart, 2018