Rhagodia obscurior Penther, 1913

Koç, H., 2023, Checklist of the Solifugae (Arachnida) of Iraq, Arthropoda Selecta 32 (1), pp. 56-64 : 61

Rhagodia obscurior Penther, 1913

LITERATURE RECORDS: Penther [1913]: 108 (Assur-Kal’at Schergat, Bara, El’Abid, Gajara, Zwischen Samoidja und Charnina); Roewer [1933]: 281 ( Mesopotamien (Assur, Charnina)); El-Hennawy [1999]: 96 ( Iraq); Harvey [2003]: 297 (Ash Sharqat (as Assur (Kal’at Schergat)), Ninawa, Iraq; Bara, Iraq; El’Abid, Dhi Qar, Iraq; Gajara, Iraq; between Samoidja and Charnina, Iraq).

REMARKS: Penther [1913] recorded this species from Khatuniyah, Syria (as Chatunije), and other authors followed this record as Chatunije (is called variously Chatunia, Katynnija, Khatunieh, Khatuniyeh, Khatuniya, Khatounie), Iraq [ El-Hennawy, 1999; Harvey, 2003], since the village is located in Syria, near the border between Syria and Iraq.

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION: Iraq and Türkiye [ Harvey, 2003].