Eremobates
| Eremobates | |
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| Eremobates sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Solifugae |
| Family: | Eremobatidae |
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| Genus: | Eremobates Banks, 1900 |
Eremobates is a genus of arachnids of the order Solifugae.[1] About 2 inches long, these fast-moving arachnids have the largest jaw size to body ratio of any animal.[citation needed] They are not venomous, but have a remarkably powerful bite. Often hunting at night, they have poor eyesight and navigate mostly by use of a pair of pedipalps.
They are solitary creatures, coming together only to mate, the male using his pedipalps to transfer seminal fluid to the female, which buries between 50 and 200 eggs in the ground. The female stays with the young until they are mature enough to hunt and defend themselves, feeding and caring for them.
Species of the genus Eremobates are generally found in the western United States, and at northern end into southwestern Canada, and south into Mexico.
The genus Eremobates contains these species:[1]
- Muma, 1989
- Eremobates affinis (Kraepelin, 1899)
- Eremobates ajoanus Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- Eremobates angustus Muma, 1951
- (Roewer, 1934)
- Muma, 1951
- Pocock, 1902
- Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- Muma, 1986
- Brookhart, 1965
- Muma, 1986
- Eremobates bixleri Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- (Simon, 1879)
- Brookhart & Cushing, 2002[2]
- (C. L. Koch, 1842)
- Muma, 1989
- Muma, 1986
- (Putnam, 1882)
- Eremobates corpink Brookhart & Cushing, 2004
- Muma, 1951
- Muma, 1951
- Brookhart & Muma, 1981
- (Putnam, 1882)
- Brookhart & Muma, 1981
- Roewer, 1934
- (Roewer, 1934)
- (C. L. Koch, 1842)
- Eremobates gerbae Brookhart & Cushing, 2002[2]
- (Putnam, 1883)
- Muma, 1951
- (Roewer, 1934)
- (Roewer, 1934)
- Muma, 1989
- (Mello-Leitao, 1942)
- Brookhart & Cushing, 2004
- Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- Eremobates kiseri Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- Muma, 1951
- Muma, 1986
- Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- Harvey, 2002
- (Kraepelin, 1899)
- Muma, 1951
- (Roewer, 1934)
- Muma, 1962
- Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- Muma, 1951
- Eremobates norrisi Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- Eremobates pallidus Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- Eremobates pallipes (Say, 1823)
- Eremobates palpisetulosus Fichter, 1941
- Muma, 1970
- Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- Eremobates polhemusi Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- (Roewer, 1934)
- (Banks, 1898)
- Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- (Kraepelin, 1899)
- Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- Muma, 1951
- Muma, 1951
- Muma, 1970
- Eremobates socal Brookhart & Cushing, 2004
- Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- Muma, 1951
- Chamberlin, 1925
- Muma & Brookhart, 1988
- (Roewer, 1934)
- (Kraepelin, 1899)
- Muma, 1989
- Muma, 1963
- Muma, 1951
- Muma & Brookhart, 1951
- Brookhart & Muma, 1988
- Muma, 1951
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Genus Eremobates Banks 1900". The Arachnid Order Solifugae. Retrieved February 2011. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ^ Jump up to: a b Brookhart, Jack O.; Cushing, Paula E. (2002). "New Species of Eremobatidae (Arachnida, Solifugae) from North America". The Journal of Arachnology. 30 (1): 84–97. JSTOR 3706179. BHL page 53034257.
- Solifugae genera
- Arachnids of North America