Blossia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Solifugae
Familia: Daesiidae
Subfamily: Blossiinae
Genus: Blossia
Species: B. aegyptica – B. albocaudata – B. alticursor – B. anatolica – B. angolensis – B. arabica – B. brincki – B. clunigera – B. costata – B. crepidulifera – B. ebneri – B. echinata – B. electa – B. falcifera – B. filicornis – B. fimbriata – B. fradei – B. gaerdesi – B. gluvioides – B. grandicornis – B. hessei – B. homodonta – B. karrooica – B. laminicornis – B. lapidicola – B. laticosta – B. litoralis – B. longipalpis – B. macilenta – B. maraisi – B. maroccana – B. massaica – B. namaquensis – B. nigripalpis – B. obscura – B. obsti – B. occidentalis – B. omeri – B. orangica – B. pallideflava – B. parva – B. planicursor – B. pringlei – B. purpurea – B. quadripilosa – B. robusta – B. rooica – B. rosea – B. sabulosa – B. scapicornis – B. schulzei – B. setifera – B. singularis – B. spinicornis – B. spinosa – B. sulcichelis – B. toschii – B. tricolor – B. unguicornis
Name

Blossia Simon, 1880

Type species:

Blossia is a genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Eugène Simon in 1880.[1]
Species

As of October 2022, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following fifty-nine species:[2]

Blossia aegyptica (Roewer, 1933) — Egypt, Israel
Blossia albocaudata Levy & Shulov, 1964 — Israel
Blossia alticursor Lawrence, 1929 — South Africa
Blossia anatolica (Roewer, 1941) — Turkey
Blossia angolensis (Lawrence, 1960) — Angola
Blossia arabica (Roewer, 1933) — Yemen
Blossia brincki (Lawrence, 1955) — South Africa
Blossia clunigera Kraepelin, 1908 — Namibia, South Africa
Blossia costata (Roewer, 1933) — Namibia
Blossia crepidulifera Purcell, 1902 — South Africa
Blossia ebneri (Roewer, 1933) — Israel, Morocco
Blossia echinata Purcell, 1903 — South Africa
Blossia electa Roewer, 1933 — Morocco
Blossia falcifera Kraepelin, 1908 — Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Blossia filicornis Hewitt, 1914 — Namibia
Blossia fimbriata Kraepelin, 1914 — Namibia
Blossia fradei (Lawrence, 1960) — Angola
Blossia gaerdesi (Lawrence, 1972) — Namibia
Blossia gluvioides (Roewer, 1933) — Mauritania
Blossia grandicornis Lawrence, 1929 — South Africa
Blossia hessei Lawrence, 1929 — South Africa
Blossia homodonta (Lawrence, 1972) — Namibia
Blossia karrooica Purcell, 1902 — South Africa
Blossia laminicornis Hewitt, 1919 — South Africa
Blossia lapidicola (Lawrence, 1935) — South Africa
Blossia laticosta Hewitt, 1919 — Somalia?, Israel, South Africa
Blossia litoralis Purcell, 1903 — South Africa
Blossia longipalpis (Lawrence, 1935) — Angola, Namibia
Blossia macilenta (Lawrence, 1968) — South Africa
Blossia maraisi Hewitt, 1915 — South Africa
Blossia maroccana (Roewer, 1933) — Morocco
Blossia massaica Roewer, 1933 — Tanzania
Blossia namaquensis Purcell, 1902 — Namibia, South Africa
Blossia nigripalpis (Roewer, 1933) — Israel, Somalia
Blossia obscura Kraepelin, 1908 — Botswana
Blossia obsti (Roewer, 1933) — Tanzania
Blossia occidentalis (Roewer, 1933) — Israel, Morocco, Western Sahara
Blossia omeri (Levy & Shulov, 1964) — Israel
Blossia orangica (Lawrence, 1935) — South Africa
Blossia pallideflava (Lawrence, 1972) — South Africa
Blossia parva (Roewer, 1933) — Namibia, South Africa
Blossia planicursor Wharton, 1981 — Namibia
Blossia pringlei (Lamoral, 1974) — South Africa
Blossia purpurea Wharton, 1981 — Namibia
Blossia quadripilosa (Lawrence, 1960) — Angola
Blossia robusta (Lawrence, 1972) — Namibia
Blossia rooica Wharton, 1981 — Namibia
Blossia rosea (Lawrence, 1935) — South Africa
Blossia sabulosa (Lawrence, 1972) — Namibia
Blossia scapicornis (Lawrence, 1972) — South Africa
Blossia schulzei (Lawrence, 1972) — Namibia
Blossia setifera Pocock, 1900 — Zimbabwe
Blossia singularis (Lawrence, 1965) — South Africa
Blossia spinicornis Lawrence, 1928 — Namibia
Blossia spinosa Simon, 1880 — Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia
Blossia sulcichelis (Roewer, 1941) — Tanzania
Blossia toschii (Caporiacco, 1949) — Kenya
Blossia tricolor Hewitt, 1914 — Namibia
Blossia unguicornis Purcell, 1902 — South Africa

References

Simon, Eugène (1880). "Descriptions de deux nouveaux genres de l'ordre des Solifugae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 10: 399–402.
"Blossia Simon, 1880". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.