Horribates

Muma, 1962

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Horribates is a of camel spiders (order Solifugae) in the Eremobatidae, containing three described restricted to the southwestern United States. All known species occur in California, with one species also recorded from Nevada. The genus was established by Martin Hammond Muma in 1962, with the name reflecting the formidable appearance characteristic of solifugids.

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Distribution

to the southwestern United States. Horribates bantai and H. minimus are known only from California; H. spinigerus occurs in California and Nevada.

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