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Issue: Vol. 19 No. 1: 19 Mar. 2026
Type: Erratum
Published: 2026-03-19
DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.19.1.4
Page range: 213-215
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All genera of the world: Orders Solifugae and Thelyphonida (Animalia: Arthropoda: Arachnida): Corrected authorship and dates

Arachnology Lab and Scorpion Systematics Research Group, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, U.S.A.
Australosolifugae Boreosolifugae Daesiidae Eremobatidae Karschiidae Daesiinae Eremobatinae Biton Eremorhax Karschia Rhinokarschia Thelyphonoidea Thelyphonidae Thelyphoninae Ginosigma generic names synonyms type species camel spiders solifuges sun spiders thelyphonids vinegaroons whip scorpions

Abstract

Two publications by Prendini (2025a, 2025b) omitted a contribution by Harvey & Evenhuis (2020) with implications for three genus-group names in the arachnid Order Solifugae Sundevall, 1833, and one genus-group name in the Order Thelyphonida Latreille, 1804. Corrected data for the genera in question are listed below. There are 198 and 36 genus-group names available in Solifugae and Thelyphonida, respectively, by the end of 2025.

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