Galeodes
Galeodes is a genus of solifuges or sun spiders. The nearly 200 species in this genus are found in northern Africa, southeastern Europe and Asia. Like other solifuges, they are mainly nocturnal and found in arid habitats. They often have long hairy appendages and are not as stout bodied or dark and contrastingly coloured as some other solifuges. Some Galeodes species are able to produce sounds by stridulation. These are usually raspy or hiss-like and may be imitations of the sounds of vipers, to serve a defensive function. As in other solifuges, mating involves the male depositing a spermatogonia that is manipulated into the female genital opening using their chelicera. The male strokes the female using the palps allowing her to be approached. Females will often feed on males before or after mating. The female then deposits the eggs in a burrow in soil and in some species guards them.
Species
, the World Solifugae Catalog accepts the following 174 species:Galeodes abessinicus Roewer, 1934 — EthiopiaGaleodes adamsi — IraqGaleodes afghanus Pocock, 1895 — Afghanistan, PakistanGaleodes agilis Pocock, 1895 — IndiaGaleodes anatoliae Turk, 1960 — TurkeyGaleodes annandalei Hirst, 1908 — India, PakistanGaleodes arabs C.L. Koch, 1842 — North Africa, Middle EastGaleodes araneoides — Middle East, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Armenia, AzerbaijanGaleodes armeniacus Birula, 1929 — Turkey, Armenia, AzerbaijanGaleodes ater — AfghanistanGaleodes atriceps Roewer, 1934 — Iran, IsraelGaleodes atroluteus — AfghanistanGaleodes atrospinatus — PakistanGaleodes aulicus Hirst, 1908 — IranGaleodes auronitens Birula, 1905 — IranGaleodes australis Pocock, 1900 — IndiaGaleodes babylonicus Roewer, 1934 — Iraq, IsraelGaleodes bacillatus Birula, 1905 — IranGaleodes bacillifer Pocock, 1900 — Afghanistan, Iran, PakistanGaleodes bacilliferoides Roewer, 1934 — Iran, Iraq, PakistanGaleodes bactrianus Birula, 1937 — Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, UzbekistanGaleodes barbarus Lucas, 1849 — North AfricaGaleodes belutschistanus — Afghanistan, PakistanGaleodes bengalicus — IndiaGaleodes bicolor Roewer, 1934 — Israel, PakistanGaleodes blanchardi Simon, 1891 — Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Togo, TunisiaGaleodes bocharicus Roewer, 1934 — UzbekistanGaleodes bogojavlenskii Birula, 1906 — Iraq, Israel, Tajikistan, UzbekistanGaleodes bubi Birula, 1937 — UzbekistanGaleodes caspius Birula, 1890 — Central Asia, Azerbaijan, China, Iran, IsraelGaleodes chitralensis Hirst, 1908 — PakistanGaleodes citrinus Pocock, 1895 — Iran, PakistanGaleodes clavatus Roewer, 1934 — TunisiaGaleodes claviger Kraus, 1959 — IranGaleodes conversus Roewer, 1934 — Azerbaijan, TurkeyGaleodes crassichelis Roewer, 1934 — TunisiaGaleodes ctenogaster — IndiaGaleodes ctenoides Roewer, 1934 — IranGaleodes cursor — PakistanGaleodes dahlahensis Harvey, 2002 — AfghanistanGaleodes darendensis Harvey, 2002 — TurkeyGaleodes darius Pocock, 1895 — Iraq, IsraelGaleodes dekanicus — IndiaGaleodes dellacaveae Harvey, 2002 — SomaliaGaleodes discolor Kraepelin, 1899 — IranGaleodes distinctus — LebanonGaleodes edentatus Benoit, 1964 — SudanGaleodes egregius Roewer, 1934 — AzerbaijanGaleodes elegans Roewer, 1934 — North MacedoniaGaleodes ephippiatus Roewer, 1941 — IranGaleodes excelsius — AfghanistanGaleodes fatalis — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, IndiaGaleodes fessanus — LibyaGaleodes festivus Hirst, 1908 — IranGaleodes flavivittatus — AlgeriaGaleodes forcipatus Roewer, 1934 — TurkeyGaleodes franki — IranGaleodes fremitans — PakistanGaleodes fumigatus Walter, 1889 — Iran, TurkmenistanGaleodes graecus C.L. Koch, 1842 — Armenia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Syria, TurkeyGaleodes granti Pocock, 1903 — Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel, Sudan, Syria, YemenGaleodes gravelyi — IndiaGaleodes gromovi Harvey, 2002 — Azerbaijan, Iraq, TurkeyGaleodes hakkariensis Erdek, 2021 — TurkeyGaleodes hellenicus Roewer, 1934 — GreeceGaleodes indicus Pocock, 1900 — IndiaGaleodes inermis — EthiopiaGaleodes insidiator — YemenGaleodes interjectus — AfghanistanGaleodes intermedius — Guinea-BissauGaleodes interritus Roewer, 1934 — IranGaleodes karunensis Birula, 1905 — IranGaleodes kermanensis Birula, 1905 — IranGaleodes koeiena Lawrence, 1956 — AfghanistanGaleodes kozlovi Birula, 1911 — China, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, UzbekistanGaleodes kraepelini Roewer, 1934 — EgyptGaleodes krausi Harvey, 2002 — IranGaleodes lacertosus Roewer, 1934 — Iraq, Saudi Arabia, YemenGaleodes laevipalpis Birula, 1905 — UzbekistanGaleodes laniator Roewer, 1934 — Iraq, IsraelGaleodes lapidosus Roewer, 1934 — TurkeyGaleodes lawrencei Harvey, 2002 — IraqGaleodes levyi Harvey, 2002 — Israel, Saudi Arabia, SyriaGaleodes limitatus — AfghanistanGaleodes lindbergi Roewer, 1960 — AfghanistanGaleodes litigiosus Roewer, 1934 — YemenGaleodes loeffleri Roewer, 1952 — IranGaleodes luteipalpis — AfghanistanGaleodes lybicus Roewer, 1941 — LibyaGaleodes lycaonis Turk, 1960 — TurkeyGaleodes macmahoni Pocock, 1900 — Afghanistan, Iran, PakistanGaleodes marginatus Roewer, 1961 — TurkeyGaleodes mauryi Harvey, 2002 — AfghanistanGaleodes medusae Turk, 1960 — EgyptGaleodes melanalis Roewer, 1934 — PakistanGaleodes melanopalpus — PakistanGaleodes minimus Roewer, 1934 — MoroccoGaleodes minitor Roewer, 1934 — MoroccoGaleodes mongolicus Roewer, 1934 — MongoliaGaleodes montivagans Roewer, 1934 — ChinaGaleodes mosconibronzii — SomaliaGaleodes nachitschevanicus Aliev, 1985 — AzerbaijanGaleodes nigrichelis — AzerbaijanGaleodes notatus — AfghanistanGaleodes olivieri Simon, 1879 — Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Togo, TunisiaGaleodes orientalis Stoliczka, 1869 — Syria, IndiaGaleodes pallescens Hirst, 1908 — IndiaGaleodes palpalis Roewer, 1934 — TunisiaGaleodes parvus Roewer, 1934 — PakistanGaleodes perotis Roewer, 1934 — CameroonGaleodes philippovi — YemenGaleodes philippoviczi Birula, 1937 — TurkmenistanGaleodes pinkasi Turk, 1960 — JordanGaleodes pirzadanus — AfghanistanGaleodes pococki Birula, 1905 — Iran, PakistanGaleodes przevalskii Birula, 1905 — China, Kazakhstan, UzbekistanGaleodes pugnator — PakistanGaleodes pusillus — Algeria, IsraelGaleodes rapax — Kyrgyzstan or Uzbekistan, China, KazakhstanGaleodes reimoseri Roewer, 1934 — EthiopiaGaleodes revestitus Roewer, 1934 — MoroccoGaleodes rhamses Roewer, 1934 — EgyptGaleodes rhodicola Roewer, 1941 — GreeceGaleodes roeweri Turk, 1948 — IsraelGaleodes rufogriseus — AfghanistanGaleodes rufulus Pocock, 1900 — Pakistan, IndiaGaleodes ruptor Roewer, 1934 — Greece, TurkeyGaleodes sabulosus Pocock, 1900 — India, PakistanGaleodes sarpolensis Harvey, 2002 — AfghanistanGaleodes schach Birula, 1905 — Turkey, IranGaleodes schendicus Roewer, 1934 — SudanGaleodes scythicus Roewer, 1934 — Uzbekistan or TurkmenistanGaleodes sedulus Roewer, 1934 — ChinaGaleodes sejugatus — Kyrgyzstan or Uzbekistan, China, KazakhstanGaleodes separandus Roewer, 1934 — TurkeyGaleodes setipes Birula, 1905 — UzbekistanGaleodes setulosus Birula, 1937 — Tajikistan, UzbekistanGaleodes signatus Roewer, 1934 — PakistanGaleodes simplex Roewer, 1934 — TunisiaGaleodes smirnovi Birula, 1937 — Turkmenistan, UzbekistanGaleodes somalicus Roewer, 1934 — SomaliaGaleodes spectabilis — PakistanGaleodes starmuehlneri Roewer, 1952 — IranGaleodes striatipalpis — AfghanistanGaleodes subbarbarus Caporiacco, 1941 — EthiopiaGaleodes subsimilis Roewer, 1934 — TurkeyGaleodes sulfuripes Roewer, 1934 — Iraq, IsraelGaleodes sulphureopilosus Birula, 1905 — Tajikistan, UzbekistanGaleodes tangkharzarensis Harvey, 2002 — AfghanistanGaleodes tarabulus — LibyaGaleodes taurus — TurkeyGaleodes testaceus — AfghanistanGaleodes theodori Turk, 1960 — EgyptGaleodes tillmani — SomaliaGaleodes timbuktus — Mali, NigeriaGaleodes toelgi Werner, 1922 — TurkeyGaleodes trichotichnus — IranGaleodes trinkleri — AfghanistanGaleodes tripolitanus — Libya, MoroccoGaleodes truculentus Pocock, 1899 — IranGaleodes turanus Roewer, 1934 — UzbekistanGaleodes turcmenicus Birula, 1937 — Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, TurkmenistanGaleodes turkestanus Kraepelin, 1899 — Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, UzbekistanGaleodes turki Harvey, 2002 — IndiaGaleodes tuxeni — AfghanistanGaleodes uzbecus Roewer, 1941 — Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, UzbekistanGaleodes veemi Whittick, 1939 — EgyptGaleodes venator Simon, 1879 — Algeria, Morocco, TunisiaGaleodes ventralis Roewer, 1934 — YemenGaleodes versicolor — AfghanistanGaleodes viridipilosus Roewer, 1941 — TurkeyGaleodes vittatus — IranGaleodes wadaicus Roewer, 1934 — ChadGaleodes zarudnyi Birula, 1937 — Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan