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Live habitus of Solifugae. (A) Adult female of Eremobates (Eremobatidae) from Arizona, US. (B) Brooding female of Galeodes (Galeodidae) over a clutch of hatchlings, from Israel. (C) Adult female of Mummucia (Mummuciidae) from Chile. (D) Adult male of Procleobis patagonicus (Ammotrechidae) from Argentina. (E) Adult female of Blossia (Daesiidae) from Israel. (F) An unidentified Daesiidae from Israel. (G) An unidentified Rhagodidae from Israel. (H) An actively burrowing Chelypus (Hexisopodidae) from Namibia. Photographs: G. Giribet (A); I. Armiach (B, E, F, G); H. Iuri and A. Ojanguren-Affilastro (C, D); S. Aharon (H).
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