Genus Eremobates

Classification · Pronunciation · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification

Eremobates sp., palpisetulosus group - Eremobates - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Solifugae (Windscorpions)

Family Eremobatidae (Straight-faced Solifugids)

Genus Eremobates

Pronunciation

air-ee-moe-BAY-teez

Explanation of Names

erem, -i, -o (G). A lonely place; bat, =es (G) One that walks or haunts (From Mike Quinn's Texas Entomology website.

Size

Most specimens are around 20-30 mm as adults.

Identification

The subfamily Eremobatinae have a single, flat claw on the tarsus of the first leg; of the genus Eremobates have a straight fixed finger on the chelicerae

Contributed by Kari J McWest on 6 July, 2008 - 9:49am
Last updated 6 July, 2008 - 10:58am

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