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Family Ammotrechidae - Curve-faced Solifugids

SE Arizona Solpugid 2 Wind Scorpion Orange and Black Bug Mystery Bug - Ammotrechella stimpsoni Ammottechidae  - male Ammottechidae  - male Branchia potens - male Mystery Solfugid
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Solifugae (Windscorpions)
Family Ammotrechidae (Curve-faced Solifugids)
Explanation of Names
Ammotrechidae Roewer 1934
Numbers
~90 spp. in >20 genera total(1)
Identification
The anterior margin of the propeltidium (the part of the head that bears the two eyes) is recurved, sloping backwards evenly from the eye tubercle.
Range
New World (the Americas and the Caribbean)(2)
Internet References
Curve-faced Solifugid - Texas Entomology