The genus Solpuga Lichtenstein 1796 contains 34 species from Africa, two of which are divided into subspecies:

Solpuga alstoni Purcell 1902 
Solpuga angolensis ( Roewer 1933)
Solpuga atriceps Lawrence 1949
Solpuga bechuanica Hewitt 1914
Solpuga bovicornis Lawrence 1929
Solpuga brunnipes (Dufour 1861)
Solpuga butleri Pocock 1895
Solpuga carvalhoi Lawrence 1960
Solpuga centenariorum Frade 1941
Solpuga chelicornis chelicornis Lichtenstein 1796
        Solpuga chelicornis carlkochi Harvey 2002
        Solpuga chelicornis macrognatha Hewitt 1919
        Solpuga chelicornis pubescens Hewitt 1919
Solpuga conservatorum ( Lawrence 1964)
Solpuga festae Borelli 1925
Solpuga fitzsimonsi Lawrence 1935                          
Solpuga hewitti Hirst 1916
Solpuga hispidicelis Lawrence 1964
Solpuga machadoi Lawrence 1960 
Solpuga massaica Roewer 1941
Solpuga matabelena Chamberlin 1925
Solpuga mulongoa Benoit 1960
Solpuga praedatrix Lawrence 1968
Solpuga richardi Roewer 1950
Solpuga robusta Frade 1940
Solpuga roeweri Fage 1936
Solpuga roeweri roeweri Fage 1936
        Solpuga roeweri majora Lawrence 1953 
Solpuga rufescens C.L.Koch 1842
Solpuga scenica Lichtenstein 1797 
Solpuga simplex Benoit 1960
Solpuga suffusca Hewitt 1916
Solpuga tarda Lichtenstein 1797
Solpugopa truncata Lawrence 1968
Solpuga upembana Roewer 1952
Solpuga venosa Purcell 1899
Solpuga villosa Purcell 1899 
Solpuga wittei Roewer 1952 
Solpuga zuluana Lawrence 1937