Eremobates is a genus of arachnids of the orderSolifugae. About 2 inches long, this fast-moving creature has the largest jaw size to body ratio of any creature. It is not venomous, but has a remarkably powerful bite. Often hunting at night, it has poor eyesight and navigates mostly by use of a pair of pedipalps.
They are solitary creatures, coming together only to mate, the male using his pedipalps to transfer seminal fluid to the female, who buries between 50 and 200 eggs in the ground. The female stays with the young until they are mature enough to hunt and defend themselves, feeding and caring for them.
Punzo, F. An analysis of feeding and optimal foraging behaviour in the solpugid Eremobates mormonus (Roewer) (Solpugida, Eremobatidae).
Punzo, F. Dispersion, temporal patterns of activity, and the phenology of feeding and mating behaviour in Eremobates palpisetulosus Fichter (Solifugae, Eremobatidae).
Punzo, F. The effects of maternal nest guarding behaviour by Eremobates marathoni Muma & Brookhart on the survivorship of offspring (Solifugae, Eremobatidae).
The pallipes species-group of Eremobates Banks is reviewed following an investigation of the stability of diagnostic characters utilized in distinguishing species of the group and the discovery of new reliable specific characters.
Three new species are described: E. docolora from western Colorado, Utah, Montana, and Wyoming; E. dentilis from southeastern Arizona; and E. woodruffi from the Big Bend region of Texas.
Eremobates arizonica (Roewer) is resurrected from synonymy with E. pallipes (Say), and Eremothera barberi Muma from southern Texas is reassigned to this group of the genus Eremobates.
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