Fig. [219].—Chelicera and flagellum of Galeodes. (After Kraepelin.)
There are two genera, Galeodes, with about twelve species, and Paragaleodes, with six species, scattered over the hot regions of the Old World.
Fam. 2. Solpugidae.—The Solpugidae comprise twenty-four genera, distributed under five sub-families. The toothed stigmatic plate is absent, and the tarsal claws are smooth. The ocular eminence is furnished with irregular hairs. The “flagellum” is very variable.
Fig. [220].—Chelicerae and flagella of A, Rhagodes; B, Solpuga; and C, Daesia. (After Kraepelin.)
(i.) The Rhagodinae include the two genera, Rhagodes (Rhax) and Dinorhax. The first has twenty-two species, which inhabit Africa and Asia. The single species of Dinorhax belongs to East Asia. These creatures are short-legged and sluggish.
(ii.) The Solpuginae contain two genera—Solpuga with about fifty species, and Zeriana with three. They are all inhabitants of Africa, and some occur on the African shore of the Mediterranean.
(iii.) The Daesiinae number about forty species, divided among several genera, among which the principal are Daesia, Gluvia, and Gnosippus. They are found in tropical regions of both the Old and the New World.
(iv.) The Eremobatinae are North American forms, the single genus Eremobates numbering about twenty species. The flagellum is here entirely absent.