Gylippus (Hemigylippus) bayrami sp. n. from Turkey with comparative remarks on the species of the subgenus Gylippus (Hemigylippus) Birula (Solifugae: Gylippidae)

Abstract

Gylippus (Hemigylippus) bayrami n. sp. from northeast Turkey is described and illustrated. Differences between the new species and related species are discussed.

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Keywords:

• Solifugae
• camel spiders
• Gylippidae
• Gylippus (Hemigylippus)
• new species
• Turkey

Acknowledgements and Funding

I wish to express my sincere gratitude to Tharina Bird for her valuable scientific comments and linguistic improvements. I also greatly thank Sergio Henriques and Dr Halil Koç for their helpful and constructive comments. This paper is a part of the doctoral thesis by the author and is supported by the Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Kırıkkale University, Turkey (Project number: BAP/2011-16).