What is Solifugae?
{{Taxobox | image = Solfugid in veld near Uniondale (Western Cape) 1599.jpg | image_caption = Male solifugid in [[South Africa]] | fossil_range = <br/>late [[Carboniferous]] to present | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Arachnid]]a | subclassis = [[Dromopoda]] | ordo = '''Solifugae''' | subdivision_ranks= Families}} '''Solifugae''' is an [[Order (biology)|order]] of [[arachnid]]s sometimes called 'camel spiders', 'wind scorpions' or 'sun spiders'. Although they look rather like [[spider]]s, they are not spiders, and they are not [[scorpion]]s. The order includes more than 1,000 [[species]] in about 153 [[genus|genera]]. Much like a spider, the body of a Solifugid is separated into an [[opisthosoma]] ([[abdomen]]) and a [[prosoma]] (a combined head and [[thorax]]). Unlike [[scorpion]]s, they do not have tails, and they do not have [[venom]]. Most species of Solifugids live in [[Arid|dry]] climates. They are found in [[Europe]], [[Asia]], [[Africa]] and the [[Americas]]. The largest species grow to a length of {{convert|12|-|15|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}, including legs.<ref name=schmidt93>{{Cite book|author=G. Schmidt |year=1993 |title=Giftige und gefährliche Spinnentiere |language=German |publisher=Westarp Wissenschaften |isbn=3-89432-405-8}}</ref> They are not normally dangerous to people.<ref>{{cite journal |author=M. Aruchami & G. Sundara Rajulu |year=1978 |title=An investigation on the poison glands and the nature of the venom of ''Rhagodes nigrocinctus'' (Solifugae: Arachnida) |journal=Nat. Acad. Sci. Letters (India) |volume=1 |pages=191–192}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=David Penney |year=2009 |title=Common spiders and other arachnids of the Gambia, West Africa |publisher=Siri Scientific Press |isbn=978-0-9558636-3-9 |chapter=Solifugae (camel spiders) |page=71 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yjVGuc76_RkC&pg=PA71}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Arachnids]] {{biology-stub}}