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Opiliones - English
URL: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Opiliones/Opiliones.htm

These are not real spiders, but resembles the spiders very much because they also have eight legs. They belong to the class Arachnida like the spiders, ticks and mites, scorpions and pseudoscorpiones. 3500 known species are known. 27 are found in NW-Europe. This order can be divided in three families: Nemastomatidae, Phalangiidae and Trogulidae. Photos.

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Hämmalised (Solifugae) - Estonian
URL: http://www.zbi.ee/satikad/ammelgad/hamm/

Hämmalised on avatud põõsasmaastike, steppide, kõrbete ja teiste madalate piirkondade elanikud. Neid leidub kõigil troopilistel ja subtroopilistel aladel, välja arvatud Ida-Aasia, Austraalia, Polüneesia ja Sunda saared. Enamus liike elab Aafrikas, kuid palju on ka Aasias ning Ameerikas. Euroopas kohtab neid Vahemeremaades, kus esineb neid vaid 6 liiki. Mägedes on hämmalisi kindlaks tehtud isegi üle 3000 meetri kõrgusel.

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Solifugae (Sun Scorpions and Wind Scorpions) - English
URL: http://www.earthlife.net/insects/sunscorp.html

Ecology, taxonomy.

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Solpugid Bibliography - English
URL: http://pw1.netcom.com/~wsavary/solpugid.html

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Arachnid Solifugae (Red Roman Spider) - English
URL: http://www.seds.org/~spider/spider/Spider/arachnid.html

These are carniverous Arachnids, that hunt their prey by chasing it.

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Solfugids - Jonathan Leeming - English
URL: http://home.global.co.za/~quagga/solpugid.htm

"Solifugids are curious little creatures which due to their odd appearance have been referred to by different names including romans, sunspiders and beard cutters. They belong to the class Arachnida, which also includes spiders, scorpions, whip scorpions, ticks pseudoscorpions and harvestmen."

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