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Solifugae
± 25 mm - Although Solifugae appear to have ten legs, they actually only have eight, as most other arachnids do. Each true leg has seven segments: coxa, trochanter, femur, patella, tibia, metatarsus, tarsus.
This unknown critter was in my T-SHIRT!!!
Spotted on Mar 20, 2013
Submitted on Sep 9, 2013
5 Comments
Solifuges lack a patella.
This one is Solpugidae, subfamily Solpuginae. I don't think it's one of the 'big 3' genera (Solpuga, Zeria, Solpugema), it's not Metasolpuga, Prosolpuga or Zeriassa. It #might# be Solpugiba, but the pedipalps rather long.
NB - all the limbs are originally derived a basic leg; if we are to define 'leg' as a limb used for walking, then Solpugidae only have six, as the 1st pair after the pedipalps are not load-bearing, and used as a sensory organ.
Sjoe! Ok false alarm! Thanks Johan! I live to die another day then! ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solifugae
It not a spider. Dit is 'n Haarskeerder of Rooi Roman. Familie van die mier as ek dit reg het.
Please help with ID - as this 'spider' with TEN legs was in my clothes! I'd like to know what would have happened if I got bit... i didn't... but you get the picture ;)