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PHYLOGENY/TAXONOMY
 
Genus
Rhagodalma
Genus Rhagodax
Genus Rhagodeca
Genus Rhagodelbus
Genus Rhagoderma
Genus Rhagoderus
Genus Rhagodes
Genus Rhagodessa
Rhagodessa
cloudsleythompsoni
Rhagodessa judaica
Rhagodessa melanocephala
Rhagodessa sudanensis
Rhagodessa zionensis
Genus Rhagodeya
Genus Rhagodia
Genus
Rhagodima
Genus
Rhagodinus
Genus Rhagodippa
Genus
Rhagodira
Genus Rhagodista
Genus Rhagoditta
Genus
Rhagodixa
Genus
Rhagodoca
Genus
Rhagodolus
Genus Rhagodomma
Genus Rhagodopa
Genus Rhagodorimus
Genus Rhagodorta
Genus
Rhagodospus
Genus
Rhagoduja
Genus
Rhagodula
Genus Rhagoduna/
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Genus
Rhagodessa Roewer
1933
Rhagodessa Roewer 1933: 282 .
Type species: Rhax melanocephala Simon, 1879a, by
original designation.
Distribution: Africa, Middle East.
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Original description (Roewer 1933: 282):
"Mit den Merkmalen der Familie und 2. und 3. Tarsus
ventral mit je 1.2 Dornen, sowie 4. Tarsus ventral mit 2.2.2.2 Dornen
bewehrt."
Translation: With the
characteristic features of the family and 2nd and 3rd tarsi ventrally
with 1.2 spines, also with 4th tarsus ventrally armed with 2.2.2.2
spines..
Five species are included in the
genus:
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Rhagodessa cloudsleythompsoni Benoit
Rhagodessa cloudsleythompsoni Benoit, 1964: 91-92, fig. I.
Type locality: N. of Khartoum, Al Khartul11, Sudan.
Distribution: Sudan .
Rhagodessa judaica (Kraepelin)
Rhagodes judaicus Kraepelin 1899a: 211-212 (as
Rhagades judaica [sic]); Kraepelin 1901: 40-41; Weidner, 1959: 111.
Rhagodessa judaica (Kraepelin): Roewer 1933: 283, figs 217a-b;
Roewer 1941: 107; Zilch, 1946: 120; Turk, 1948: 263; Levy and Shulov,
1964: 103.
Type locality: Israel (as "Judagebirge").
Distribution: Israel, Syria.
Rhagodessa melanocephala (Simon)
Rhax melanocephala Simon, 1879a: 122-123; Simon,
1879c: 78.
Rhagodes melanocephalus (Simon): Kraepelin 1899b: 376 (as Rhagodes melanocephala
[sic]); Kraepelin 1901: 37-38; Birula, 1926: 179 (as Rhagodes
melanocephala [sic ].
Rhagodessa melanocephala (Simon): Roewer 1933: 283; Moriggi, 1941:
279; Zilch, 1946: 120; Benoit, 1964: 97; Cloudsley-Thompson, 1978: 188;
Cloudsley-Thompson and Constantinou, 1984: 365-369, figs 2a-c.
Type locality: Nubie, Sudan.
Distribution: Eritrea, Sudan.
Rhagodessa sudanensis Roewer
Rhagodessa sudanensis Roewer 1933: 283; Zilch,
1946: 121; Benoit, 1964: 97.
Type locality: Sennar,
Sennar, Sudan.
Distribution: Sudan.
Rhagodessa zionensis Roewer
Rhagodessa zionensis Roewer 1933: 283; Zilch, 1946:
121; Levy and Shulov, 1964: 103.
Type locality: Jerusalem,
Yerushalayim (Jerusalem), Israel.
Distribution: Israel. |
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