taxonID	type	description	language	source
03C7879CFFE5FFA0FF5037ED264DF88C.taxon	description	(Figures 2 C and 2 D)	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE5FFA0FF5037ED264DF88C.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 1 ♂ (ZMFUM-SOL- 1004), Khorasan-e Razavi Prov., Sarakhs (36 ° 32 ′ 42.00 ″ N, 61 ° 9 ′ 28.00 ″ E), 275 m a. s. l., 18. vii. 2013, O. Mirshamsi; 1 ♂ (ZMFUM-SOL- 1042), Khorasan-e Jonubi Prov., Qaen (33 ° 43 ′ 36.00 ″ N, 59 ° 11 ′ 4.00 ″ E), 1146 m a. s. l., 10. iv. 2010, F. Abedi; 1 ♂ (ZMFUM-SOL- 1043), Khorasan-e Razavi Prov., Chenaran, Kahoo (36 ° 26 ′ 31.89 ″ N, 59 ° 12 ′ 19.40 ″ E), 1419 m a. s. l., 12. v. 2012, O. Mirshamsi; 1 ♀ (ZMFUM-SOL- 1024), Khorasan-e Razavi Prov., Joghatai, Davarzan (36 ° 51 ′ 51 ″ N, 56 ° 60 ′ 08 ″ E), 1216 m a. s. l., 02. iv. 2013, H. Maddahi; 1 ♀ (ZMFUM-SOL- 1038), Khorasan-e Razavi Prov., Mashhad, Shelgherd (36 ° 13 ′ 26.72 ″ N, 59 ° 34 ′ 45.40 ″ E), 1132 m a. s. l., 15. vi. 2013, H. Banazadeh; 1 ♀ (ZMFUM-SOL- 1056), Khorasan-e Razavi Prov., Mashhad, (36 ° 18 ′ 21.74 ″ N, 59 ° 31 ′ 53.63 ″ E), 1034 m a. s. l., 20. viii. 2013, O. Mirshamsi; 1 ♀ (ZMFUM-SOL- 1061), Khorasan-e Razavi Prov., Mashhad (36 ° 18 ′ 21.74 ″ N, 59 ° 31 ′ 53.63 ″ E), 1034 m a. s. l., 20. x. 2013, O. Mirshamsi.	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE5FFA0FF5037ED264DF88C.taxon	distribution	Distribution: It is a common species known from Israel, Azerbaijan, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Iran to central China (Birula, 1911; Roewer, 1934; Levy and Shulov, 1964; Aliev and Gadzhiev, 1983; Gromov and Kopdykbaev, 1994). This species is a new record for NE Iran.	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE5FFA0FF5037ED264DF88C.taxon	discussion	Comments: It is distinguished from the closely related Galeodes bacillatus by the absence of ctenidia on the 6 th abdominal sternite (Birula, 1905). Family Gylippidae Roewer, 1933 Genus Gylippus Simon, 1879 Gylippus (Hemigylippus) lamelliger Birula, 1906 (Figures 3 A – 3 C)	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE5FFA0FF5037ED264DF88C.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 1 ♀ (ZMFUM-SOL- 1021), Khorasan-e Razavi Prov., Mashhad (36 ° 17 ′ 35.97 ″ N, 59 ° 31 ′ 49.42 ″ E), 1030 m a. s. l., 10. vi. 2012, O. Mirshamsi.	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE5FFA0FF5037ED264DF88C.taxon	distribution	Distribution: This species is distributed from SW Kazakhstan (Mangyshlak Plateau) across the Karakum and Kyzylkum deserts to NE Iran (Khorasan Prov.) (Gromov and Kopdykbaev, 1994). KHAZANEHDARI et al. / Turk J Zool	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE5FFA0FF5037ED264DF88C.taxon	discussion	Comments: This species is easily distinguished on the basis of the shape of the chitinized genital operculum.	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE5FFA0FF5037ED264DF88C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Chelicerae with elongated movable fingers; sternite of genital segment quadrangular and convex, internally posterior corners with projection and a shallow small split; bacilli of coxae thick, expanded at the end and deeply forked; pleura grayish-yellow (see Birula, 1907: 890, fig. 5; Birula, 1938: 88, fig. 57). Family Karschiidae Kraepelin, 1899 Genus Karschia Walter, 1889 Karschia mastigofera Birula, 1890 (Figures 4 A – 4 C)	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE5FFA0FF5037ED264DF88C.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 1 ♂ (ZMFUM-SOL- 1049), Zanjan Prov., Qeydar, Gojeyelagh (36 ° 0.1 ′ 7.34 ″ N, 48 ° 32 ′ 13.06 ″ E), 1825 m a. s. l., 15. vi. 2013, A. Mahmoudi.	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE5FFA0FF5037ED264DF88C.taxon	distribution	Distribution: This species is known from Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia (Harvey, 2003). New record for Iran.	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE5FFA0FF5037ED264DF88C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: This species can be easily distinguished by its spiral flagellum, exits at the base of fixed fingers with a long feather-shaped seta; dorsally with two short thick spines, ventrally with a row of long thick spines and rows of feather-shaped setae (see Birula, 1938: 56 – 57, figs. 30, 31); ventral-medial aspect of metatarsus with palpal papillae; 4 th sternite with curved needle-like ctenidia.	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE2FFA2FCF5374F2148F8AB.taxon	description	(Figures 5 A – 5 E)	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE2FFA2FCF5374F2148F8AB.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 1 ♀ (SMF-RII - 9903456), Fars Province, Shiraz (Syntype); 1 ♀ (ZMFUM-SOL- 1053), Khorasan-e Razavi Prov, Fariman (35 ° 22 ′ 6.21 ″ N, 59 ° 59 ′ 21.17 ″ E), 2222 m a. s. l., 05. viii. 2013, M. Khazanedari.	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE2FFA2FCF5374F2148F8AB.taxon	distribution	Distribution: This species is already known from Fars Province in the SW of Iran (Roewer, 1933), but it is a new record for NE Iran.	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE2FFA2FCF5374F2148F8AB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species can be easily distinguished from K. mastigofera by the dentition of chelicerae; fixed finger with six teeth, three front teeth approximately equal in size, the second only slightly smaller than the first, next three teeth from distal to proximal gradually become larger in size. Cheek part with four small ectal teeth and two mesial ones. Moveable finger with 9 or 10 teeth, of which the 4 th and 7 th are larger than the others (see Kraepelin, 1901: 147, fig. 114). Family Rhagodidae Pocock, 1897 Genus Rhagodes Pocock 1897 Rhagodes aureus (Pocock, 1889) (Figure 2 F)	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE2FFA2FCF5374F2148F8AB.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 1 ♂ (ZMFUM-SOL- 1002), Khorasan-e Jonubi Prov., Qaen (33 ° 43 ’ 36.00 ″ N, 59 ° 11 ’ 4.00 ″ E), 1146 m a. s. l., 16. ix. 2010, F. Abedi. KHAZANEHDARI et al. / Turk J Zool	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE2FFA2FCF5374F2148F8AB.taxon	distribution	Distribution: This species has been previously recorded from SE Turkmenistan to SW Afghanistan, Somalia, and E Iran (Khorasan and Sistan and Baluchistan provinces) (Birula, 1938; Lawrence, 1956; Harvey, 2003).	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE2FFA2FCF5374F2148F8AB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: This species can be easily distinguished by the presence of a purple median band, dorsally extending from posterior of propeltidium to the 7 th abdominal segment; chelicerae and pedipalps pale yellow, tip of the pedipalps and first legs reddish-brown (Birula, 1905). Rhagodes melanochaetus Heymons, 1902 (Figure 2 E)	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE2FFA2FCF5374F2148F8AB.taxon	materials_examined	Material: Syntype: 1 ♀ (SMf-RII- 9903049), Turkmenistan, Transcaspian, Balkan Welayaty (Nebitdag), C. Fr. Roewer; 1 ♀ (ZMFUM-SOL- 1015), Razavi Khorasan Prov., Mashhad (36 ° 17 ′ 60.00 ″ N, 59 ° 36 ′ 0.00 ″ E), 982 m a. s. l., 30. v. 2008, O. Mirshamsi; 1 ♀ (ZMFUM-SOL- 1030), Razavi Khorasan Prov., Torbat-e Jam, Jafarabad (35 ° 27 ′ 49 ″ N, 60 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ E), 1095 m a. s. l., 14. vi. 2013, M. Khazanedari; 1 ♀ (ZMFUM-SOL- 1040), Kerman Prov., Jiroft (28 ° 40 ′ 41.00 ″ N, 57 ° 44 ′ 26.00 ″ E), 685 m a. s. l., 14. vi. 2013, M. Nazari.	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE2FFA2FCF5374F2148F8AB.taxon	distribution	Distribution: This species has been recorded from the Caspian coast of Turkmenistan to NE Iran and central Afghanistan (Birula, 1938; Lawrence, 1956).	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE2FFA2FCF5374F2148F8AB.taxon	discussion	Comments: Based on Roewer (1933: 283) and examining the syntype specimen from Turkmenistan, we found that it is a female not a male (originally labeled as male).	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
03C7879CFFE2FFA2FCF5374F2148F8AB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Birula (1938) distinguished this species from Rhagodes grimmi and R. g. septentrionalis based on the body coloration, hairs, and bristles of the propeltidium and the formula of dorsal spines on legs 2 – 4. According to the data presented in this study, four families, four genera, and seven species are recorded from NE and NW of Iran. Among the recorded species, K. mastigofera is recorded for the first time from the country. Considering the data presented here and the previously recorded species the number of Iranian camel spiders increases to 75. However, because of the lack of inclusive systematic studies devoted to solpugids in most regions of Iran in recent decades, it is still difficult to assess the exact species diversity of camel spiders of the country. KHAZANEHDARI et al. / Turk J Zool Acknowledgments The authors give special thanks to Jamshid Darvish (Mashhad, Iran), and Alexander Gromov (Germany) for their invaluable help. We are grateful to Majid Moradmand and Peter Jäger (Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt) for the loan of specimens. We are also thankful to H Maddahi, M Torshizi, F Abedi, and A Mahmoudi for their help during field work. Financial support was provided by the Office of Research Affairs, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (project no: 25107) and the Iran National Science Foundation (INSF- 90001780), which are gratefully acknowledged.	en	Khazanehdari, Mahsa, Mirshamsi, Omid, Received, Mansour Aliabadian, Online, Published, Version, Final (2016): Contribution to the solpugid (Arachnida: Solifugae) fauna of Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (4): 608-614, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1507-34, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1507-34
