Biton (arachnid)

Biton is a genus of daesiid camel spiders, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1880.

Species

, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following sixty-eight species:Biton adamanteus Lawrence, 1968 — Namibia, South AfricaBiton arenicola Lawrence, 1966 — NamibiaBiton bellulus — EgyptBiton bernardi — South AfricaBiton betschuanicus — Botswana, South AfricaBiton browni — Namibia, South AfricaBiton brunneus Roewer, 1933 — MoroccoBiton brunnipes Pocock, 1896 — Ethiopia, Kenya, SomaliaBiton cataractus Lawrence, 1968 — Namibia, South AfricaBiton crassidens Lawrence, 1935 — South AfricaBiton cursorius Roewer, 1933 — TogoBiton divaricatus Roewer, 1933 — TogoBiton ehrenbergi Karsch, 1880 — Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, Israel, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, TunisiaBiton fallax — LibyaBiton fessanus Roewer, 1933 — LibyaBiton fuscipes Pocock, 1897 — Ethiopia, SomaliaBiton fuscus — AlgeriaBiton gaerdesi Roewer, 1954 — NamibiaBiton gariesensis — South AfricaBiton haackei Lawrence, 1968 — South AfricaBiton habereri — ChadBiton hottentottus — Namibia, South AfricaBiton kolbei — South Africa, ZimbabweBiton kraekolbei Wharton, 1981 — Namibia, South AfricaBiton laminatus — YemenBiton leipoldti — South AfricaBiton lineatus — South AfricaBiton lividus Simon, 1882 — Egypt, Eritrea, SudanBiton longisetosus Lawrence, 1972 — South AfricaBiton magnifrons — Ethiopia, IsraelBiton monodentatus Delle Cave, 1978 — SomaliaBiton mossambicus Roewer, 1954 — MozambiqueBiton namaqua — Namibia, South AfricaBiton ovambicus — NamibiaBiton pallidus — South AfricaBiton pearsoni — Namibia, South AfricaBiton persicus — IranBiton philbyi Lawrence, 1954 — Saudi ArabiaBiton pimenteli Frade, 1940 — AngolaBiton planirostris — YemenBiton ragazzii — Djibouti, Eritrea, SudanBiton rhodesianus — South Africa, ZimbabweBiton roeweri — ZimbabweBiton rossicus — Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, UzbekistanBiton sabulosus — Saudi Arabia, YemenBiton schelkovnikovi — Armenia, AzerbaijanBiton schreineri — South AfricaBiton schultzei — Botswana, South AfricaBiton simoni — Djibouti, SomaliaBiton striatus — Namibia, South AfricaBiton subulatus — South AfricaBiton tarabulus Roewer, 1933 — LibyaBiton tauricus Roewer, 1941 — TurkeyBiton tenuifalcis Lawrence, 1962 — Namibia, South AfricaBiton tigrinus Pocock, 1898 — KenyaBiton transvaalensis Lawrence, 1949 — South AfricaBiton triseriatus Lawrence, 1955 — Namibia, South AfricaBiton truncatidens Lawrence, 1954 — Saudi ArabiaBiton tunetanus Simon, 1885 — Algeria, Israel, Libya, TunisiaBiton turkestanus — ChinaBiton vachoni Lawrence, 1966 — AlgeriaBiton velox Simon, 1885 — Ethiopia, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Libya, Somalia, TunisiaBiton villiersi — NigerBiton villosus Roewer, 1933 — Ethiopia, SomaliaBiton werneri Roewer, 1933 — NamibiaBiton wicki — Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, YemenBiton xerxes — IranBiton zederbaueri — Israel, Turkey