Description of the male of Paragaleodes melanopygus Birula, 1905, with the first record of the species from Turkey (Galeodidae: Solifugae)

Abstract

The solifuge Paragaleodes melanopygus Birula, 1905 is redescribed based on new material collected from Van and Hakkari provinces in eastern Turkey. The male is described for the first time. The details of both sexes’ characteristics are described, photographed, and compared to known species of the genus Paragaleodes Kraepelin, 1899.

Key words:

• Galeodid
• first record
• redescription
• Hakkari

Supplementary Material

Figures S1-S4 are given as a Supplementary Annex, which is available via the “Supplementary” tab on the article’s online page.

Acknowledgements

The author sincerely thanks Serdar Özdinç, Dr. Can Yılmaz, Dr. Muzaffer Mukemre and Sedat Kesici for their assistance during field trips and animal captures, and to Dr. Erkan Azizoğlu for his help creating the distribution map.

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This study was supported by the Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Hakkari University, Turkey. (Project No: FM19BAP3).