Blossia

Blossia
	Blossia falcifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Solifugae
Family:	Daesiidae
Genus:	Blossia; Simon, 1880
Type species
	Blossia spinosa; Simon, 1880
Species
	59, see text

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

Species

As of October 2022^[update], 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.

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[1] Simon, Eugène (1880). "Descriptions de deux nouveaux genres de l'ordre des Solifugae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 10: 399–402.

[2] "Blossia Simon, 1880". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.

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