Galapagos Species Database
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Neocleobis solitarius
Solífugo, Camel spider
Littoral and lower arid zone and in the supra arid zone of Volcán Cerro Azul (Isabela island).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Solifugae
Family
Ammotrechidae
Genus
Neocleobis
Species
solitarius
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Daphne, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, Santiago, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé and South Plaza.
- Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. & Desender, K. (1995) Distribution of the arachnid species of the Orders Scorpiones, Solifugae, Amblypygi, Schizomida, Opiliones and Pseudoscorpiones in Galápagos. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 65: 5-19.
- Roth, V.D. Craig, P.R. (1970) Arachnida of the Galápagos Islands (Excluding Acarina). Mission zoologique belge aux îles Galapagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup, 1964-1965), 2: 107-124.
- Baert, L. Mahnert, V. (2015) The distribution of the non‐araneae and non‐acari arachnids of Galápagos Belgian Journal of Entomology 28: 1‐76
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"Galapagos Species Database, Neocleobis solitarius", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6665. Accessed 22 July 2025.