found a solifugid...ID?

[Galapoheros]

I found this solifugid yesterday in central Tx. It's a small sp about that's about 2 cm long. I've only seen a few others over the years. It's darker than the bigger sp in w Tx. Anybody have an ID?

 

[Blackrose]

Hi

This is no Solipugidae spec., it is a Ammotrechidae spec.
Solipugidae > Afrika + Asia
Ammotrechidae > America

Regards
Andi

 

[Galapoheros]

Thanks! I had given up on this thread. So all solifuges in the US are going to be in the family Ammotrechidea.... OK, that's a place to start. Something's better than nothing. Guess I'll start Googling around.

 

[lucanidae]

The two major families in North America are Eremobatidae and Ammotrechidae. Ammotrechidae do not have claws on their first legs, Ermobatidae do.

 

[Galapoheros]

Thanks for helping narrow it down. Due to the short life expectancy of these animals in the hobby, there just aren't a whole lot of pictures yet on the net to refer to. I sent a pic to a specialist hoping they will answer my question:? .

 

[RodG]

Great find:clap: :clap: :clap: Fantatic photo:worship:

 

[Galapoheros]

Great find:clap: :clap: :clap: Fantatic photo:worship:

Ha! It did feel good to find it. I was kind of hoping it was an undiscovered sp but that's a fat chance. I've seen 3 other males over the years. This is the first female I've come across. I do feel like I've come across an undescribed sp of centipede in w Tx. I know a specialist that "Knows" he has come across an undescribed sp of centipede in w tx. He has it right now. The ones I found were more reddish and larger than the ones he found. A dull rusty red, no other colors. Pretty boring. The largest was about 5 inches long. I've only seen three in the last 20 years and I found each one of them at the same point on the same road in w tx. Anyway, it seems people would be more excited over a species that might not be described yet but the people I talk to just seem to shrug their shoulders. Guess I'm talking to the wrong people about the stuff. I was even offered the centipede that has not yet been described in exchange for some other stuff I had. I don't have any proof of the animals being undescribed, just speculating from listening to a specialists word/opinion about it.

 

[Blackrose]

Hi

Were do you keep it?

Solifugids live in dry areas, but Ammotrechidae spec. live in more moist places so if I were you i would keep them on soil and not on sand.

Regards
Andi

 

[Galapoheros]

Hi

Were do you keep it?

Solifugids live in dry areas, but Ammotrechidae spec. live in more moist places so if I were you i would keep them on soil and not on sand.

Regards
Andi

It's buried right now. But from the pic, it looks to be from the family Eremobatidae and not Ammotrechidae. Going by where I found it, it is almost definitely a desert sp. Going to be interesting to see if it over winters there without dying. Going to put it in a cool place.