#4397 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Iberian Solifugid
Gluvia dorsalis
🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in Europe, not in NL
📍 41240 Almadén de la Plata, Sevilla, España
📍 46229 Picassent, Valencia, España
📍 Arganda del Rey, 28500, Madrid, España
📍 7330 Santo António das Areias, Portugal
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © blancae · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Alonso Ródenas Fernández · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Sergio Ibarra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Octávio Mateus · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © reisegali · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © João Pedro Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 41240 Almadén de la Plata, Sevilla, España:© Óscar Mata Romero · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 8. 46229 Picassent, Valencia, España:© José F. F. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Arganda del Rey, 28500, Madrid, España:© Sergio Hernández Sánchez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 7330 Santo António das Areias, Portugal:© neilfletcher · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Gluvia dorsalis is the only species of solifugid which lives in Spain and Portugal. It is reported to be a common species on the streets of Madrid.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,489 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Pierre André Latreille in 1817 (209 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Iberian Solifugid
- scientific name
- Gluvia dorsalis
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Solifugae
- family
- Daesiidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,437
- sightings worldwide
- 1,489
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1817 by Pierre André Latreille
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 466946, Wikidata Q4402103, GBIF 2122707, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.