Species Eremocosta gigasella

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Works Cited

Habitus Dorsal - Eremocosta gigasella - female

Habitus Ventral - Eremocosta gigasella - female

Ectal Chelicera - Eremocosta gigasella - female

Mesal Chelicera - Eremocosta gigasella - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Solifugae (Windscorpions)

Family Eremobatidae

Subfamily Eremobatinae

Genus Eremocosta

Species gigasella (Eremocosta gigasella)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

From World Solifugae Catalog:

Eremorhax gigas (Roewer)

Eremorhax gigasellus Muma

Eremopus gigasellus (Muma)

Explanation of Names

Eremocosta gigasella (Muma, 1970)

Identification

Female Eremocosta gigasella described in Brookhart and Cushing 2002 (1)

Works Cited

1.	New species of Eremobatidae (Arachnida, Solifugae) from North America J. O. Brookhart and P. E. Cushing . 2002. The Journal of Arachnology 30:84–97.

Contributed by Chris Grinter on 2 April, 2013 - 6:38pm
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden
Last updated 13 January, 2024 - 2:32pm

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