Gaucha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Mummuciidae
Genus: Gaucha
Mello-Leitão, 1924
Type species
Gaucha fasciata
Mello-Leitão, 1924
Species

7, see text

Gaucha is a genus of Mummuciid camel spiders, first described by Cândido Mello-Leitão in 1924.[1]

Species

As of January 2023, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following seven species:[2]

  • Gaucha avexada Botero-Trujillo, Ott & Carvalho, 2017 — Brazil
  • Gaucha casuhati Botero-Trujillo, Ott & Carvalho, 2017 — Argentina
  • Gaucha curupi Botero-Trujillo, Ott & Carvalho, 2017 — Brazil
  • Gaucha eremolembra Botero-Trujillo, Ott & Carvalho, 2017 — Brazil
  • Gaucha fasciata Mello-Leitão, 1924 — Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
  • Gaucha ramirezi Botero-Trujillo, Ott, Mattoni, Nime & Ojanguren-Affilastro, 2019 — Argentina
  • Gaucha santana Botero-Trujillo, Ott, Mattoni, Nime & Ojanguren-Affilastro, 2019 — Brazil

References

  1. Mello-Leitão, Cândido (1924). "A new South-American solpugid". Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 28: 140–143.
  2. "Gaucha Mello-Leitão, 1924". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.


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