First record of the genus Ammotrecha Banks, 1900 (Solifugae: Ammotrechidae) in Honduras
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The presence of the genus Ammotrecha Banks, 1900 is recorded for the first time in Honduras, Central America, based on several specimens of A. stolli (Pocock, 1895) collected on the island of Útila, in the department of Islas de la Bahía. Both sexes are illustrated, and data on their morphometry and habitat are provided.
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solifuge, Central America, Útila, Bay Islands
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Armas, L. F. de & Cubas-Rodríguez, A. M. (2024). The poorly-known amblypygid fauna (Arachnida, Amblypygi) of Honduras, Central America: an overview. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 19(2), 187–198. https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.19.e113507
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Harvey, M. S. (2003). Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
Iuri, H. A., Ramírez, M. J., Mattoni, C. I. & Ojanguren-Affilastro, A. A. (2021). Revision and cladistic analysis of subfamily Nothopuginae (Solifugae, Ammotrechidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 295, 126–155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2021.10.001
Muma, M. H. (1970). A synoptic review of North American, Central American, and West Indian Solpugida (Arthropoda: Arachnida). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas, 5, 1–62.
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Armas, L. F. de & Cubas-Rodríguez, A. M. (2024). The poorly-known amblypygid fauna (Arachnida, Amblypygi) of Honduras, Central America: an overview. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 19(2), 187–198. https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.19.e113507
Armas, L. F. de & Teruel, R. (2005). Los solifugos de Cuba (Solifugae: Arachnida). Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 149−163.
Armas, L. F. de, Trujillo, R. E., Agreda P., E. O. & Estrada C., C. J. (2014). Redescubrimiento de Ammotrecha picta Pocock, 1902 (Solifugae: Ammotrechidae), endemismo del occidente de Guatemala. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 25, 99–101.
Brookhart, J. O. & Brookhart, I. P. (2006). An annotated checklist of continental North American Solifugae with type depositories, abundance, and notes on their zoogeography. Journal of Arachnology, 34, 299–330. https://doi.org/10.1636/H04-02.1
Brown, T. W., Mayron, D. F. & Clayson, S. M. (2017). Hemidactylus frenatus (Asian House Gecko). Diet. Herpetological Review, 48, 645–646.
Cubas-Rodríguez, A. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2024). The first record of Sicarius rugosus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) (Araneae: Haplogynae: Sicariidae) for Honduras, with comments on its natural history. Arachnology, 19(7), 1029–1033. https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2024.19.7.1029
Delfín-González, H., Ramírez, V. M., Manrique-S, P. C., Martin-Park, A. & Arisqueta-Chablé, C. (2017). Contribution to the knowledge of the arachnids in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico (excluding Aranae and Acari). Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 20, 279–288.
Harms, D. & Dupérré, N. (2018). An annotated type catalogue of the camel spiders (Arachnida: Solifugae) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Zootaxa, 4375(1), 1–58. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4375.1.1
Harvey, M. S. (2003). Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
Iuri, H. A., Ramírez, M. J., Mattoni, C. I. & Ojanguren-Affilastro, A. A. (2021). Revision and cladistic analysis of subfamily Nothopuginae (Solifugae, Ammotrechidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 295, 126–155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2021.10.001
Muma, M. H. (1970). A synoptic review of North American, Central American, and West Indian Solpugida (Arthropoda: Arachnida). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas, 5, 1–62.
World Solifugae Catalog (2025). World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved from http://wac.nmbe.ch (accessed on 23/03/2025).
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Cubas-Rodriguez, A. M., de Armas, L. F., & Brown, T. W. (2025). First record of the genus Ammotrecha Banks, 1900 (Solifugae: Ammotrechidae) in Honduras. Novitates Caribaea, (26), 63–70. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi26.379
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