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Genus Eremobates

HOLOTYPE: Habitus, dorsal - Eremobates gerbae - male HOLOTYPE: Habitus, Lateral - Eremobates corpink - male HOLOTYE: Head detail - Eremobates corpink - male PARATYPE: Mesal Chelicera - Eremobates bixleri - male PARATYPE: Habitus Ventral - Eremobates ajoanus - male PARATYPE: Mesal Chelicera - Eremobates ajoanus - female Habitus Dorsal - Eremobates pallipes - female Solifugid female, ectal right chelicera - Eremobates pallipes - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Solifugae (Windscorpions)
Family Eremobatidae
Subfamily Eremobatinae
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