Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran

Abstract

This study reports records of camel spiders from the NE and NW of Iran: Galeodes bacillatus (♂♀), Galeodes caspius (♂♀), Gylippus (Hemigylippus) lamelliger (♀), Rhagodes melanochaetus (♀), Rhagodes aureus (♂), Karschia persica (♀), and Karschia mastigofera (♂). Of these, K. mastigofera is recorded for the first time from Iran.