Classification
Solifugae are not true spiders, which are from a different order, Araneae. Like scorpions and harvestmen, they belong to a distinct arachnid order. There are about 1065 species of Solifugae known, grouped in about 153 genera and 12 families belonging to the order Solifugae:
- Ammotrechidae
- Ceromidae
- Daesiidae
- Eremobatidae
- Galeodidae
- Gylippidae
- Hexisopodidae
- Karschiidae
- Melanoblossidae
- Mummuciidae
- Rhagodidae
- Solpugidae
The family Protosolpugidae is only known from one fossil species from the Pennsylvanian.
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