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Genus Eremochelis

HOLOTYPE: Habitus, Lateral - Eremochelis oregonensis - male

HOLOTYPE: Habitus, dorsal - Eremochelis oregonensis - male

HOLOTYPE: Habitus, ventral - Eremochelis oregonensis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Solifugae (Windscorpions)

Family Eremobatidae

Subfamily Therobatinae

Genus Eremochelis

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

First described in 1934 by Carl Friedrich Roewer

Explanation of Names

Probably from Greek eremos (ερημος)- "desert" + chele (χηλη)- "claw"

Internet References

Dr. H. G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs,v.5, pt.4, book 4, p.570 Roewer's original description of the genus (in German)

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 6 September, 2010 - 6:45pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 27 September, 2010 - 12:51am

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