Vempironiella is a monotypic genus of mummuciid camel spiders, first described by Ricardo Botero-Trujillo in 2016.[1] Its single species, Vempironiella aguilari is distributed in Peru.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Solifugae |
Family: | Mummuciidae |
Genus: | Vempironiella Botero-Trujillo, 2016 |
Species: | V. aguilari
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Binomial name | |
Vempironiella aguilari Botero-Trujillo, 2016
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References
edit- ^ Botero-Trujillo, R. (2016). "The smallest known solifuge: Vempironiella aguilari, new genus and species of sun-spider (Solifugae: Mummuciidae) from the coastal desert of Peru". Journal of Arachnology. 44 (2): 218–226. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-16-012.
- ^ "Vempironiella Botero-Trujillo, 2016". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.