Karschia (arachnid)

Karschia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Solifugae
Family:	Karschiidae
Genus:	Karschia Walter, 1889
Type species
Karschia cornifera Walter, 1899
Species
26, see text

Karschia is a genus of karschiid camel spiders, first described by Alfred Walter in 1889.^[1]

Species

As of January 2023^[update], the World Solifugae Catalog accepts twenty-six species, which are listed below plus amendments:^[2]

• Karschia badkhyzica Gromov, 1998 — Turkmenistan
• Karschia birulae Roewer, 1934 — China (Xinjiang)
• Karschia borszczevskii Birula, 1935 — Uzbekistan
• Karschia caucasica (L. Koch, 1878) — Azerbaijan
• Karschia cornifera Walter, 1899 — Turkmenistan
• Karschia dingye Fan et al., 2024a — China (Xizang).
• Karschia gobiensis Gromov, 2004 — Mongolia
• Karschia gurkoi Gromov, 2004 — Tajikistan
• Karschia kaznakovi Birula, 1922 — Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• Karschia kiritshenkoi Birula, 1922 — Iran
• Karschia koenigi Birula, 1922 — Turkmenistan
• Karschia kononenkoi Gromov, 2004 — Uzbekistan
• Karschia kopetdaghica Gromov, 1998 — Turkmenistan
• Karschia kurdistanica Birula, 1935 — Iran, Iraq
• Karschia lhasa Fan et al., 2024a — China (Xizang).
• Karschia liui Fang et al., 2024b — — China (Gansu).
• Karschia mangistauensis Gromov, 1993 — Kazakhstan
• Karschia mastigofera Birula, 1890 — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey
• Karschia mongolica Roewer, 1933 — Mongolia
• Karschia namling Fan et al., 2024a — China (Xizang).
• Karschia nasuta Kraepelin, 1899 — Kyrgyzstan
• Karschia nubigena Lawrence, 1954 — Nepal [?] and/or China (Xizang)
• Karschia pedaschenkoi Birula, 1922 — Kyrgyzstan
• Karschia persica Kraepelin, 1899 — Iran
• Karschia rhinoceros Birula, 1922 — China (Xinjiang), Tajikistan
• Karschia shigatse Fan et al., 2024a — China (Xizang)
• Karschia tadzhika Gromov, 2004 — Tajikistan
• Karschia tarimina Roewer, 1933 — China (Xinjiang)
• Karschia tibetana Hirst, 1907 — China (Xizang)
• Karschia tienschanica Roewer, 1933 — China (Xinjiang)
• Karschia zarudnyi Birula, 1922 — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
• Karschia zhui Fan et al., 2024a — China (Xizang).

References

1. Walter, A. (1889). "Transkaspische Galeodiden". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere. 4: 1095–1109.
2. "Karschia Walter, 1889". World Solifugae Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.