Genus: Solpuga Lichtenstein, 1796 | Family: Solpugidae Leach, 1815 | Order: Solifugae Sundevall, 1833

Solpuga zuluana Lawrence, 1937

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Solpuga zuluana

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:71c84c1c-3b63-4437-b20b-396c5d1c89a6

Taxonomic references

Solpuga zuluana

Lawrence, 1937: 267–268, figs 28a–c original description
Roewer, 1941: 153, figs 41–43
Lawrence, 1955: 196
Harvey, 2003c: 309
Dippenaar-Schoeman, González Reyes and Harvey, 2006: 82
Haddad, Dippenaar-Schoeman and Wesołowska, 2006: 22, app. 1

Distribution
Distribution table
South Africa
Type locality: Umseleni, Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Umseleni -31.2 29.783333
Type repository
  • Holotype male (Natal Museum)
Zoobank LSID

D5053FE5-73C2-404A-B1D2-3069C76AAF9E

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(1): 70–92. -- Show included taxa

Haddad, C.R., Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S. & Wesołowska, W. (2006). A checklist of the non-acarine arachnids (Chelicerata: Arachnida) of the Ndumo Game Reserve, Maputaland, South Africa. Koedoe 49(2): 1–22. doi: 10.4102/koedoe.v49i2.116 -- 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. (1937). A collection of Arachnida from Zululand. Annals of the Natal Museum 8: 211–273. ZooBank: 579FF99B-6773-40B7-A4D3-6438D8EF1241 -- 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

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

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-10-24 Taxonomic reference update Haddad, Dippenaar-Schoeman and Wesołowska, 2006
2026-10-24 New taxonomic reference entry Haddad, Dippenaar-Schoeman and Wesołowska, 2006