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The name Solifugae derives from Latin, and means “those that flee from the sun”. The order is also known by the names Solpugida, Solpugides, Solpugae, Galeodea, and Mycetophorae. Their common names include camel spider, wind scorpion, scorpion carrier, jerrymunglum, sun scorpion, and sun spider. In southern Africa, they are known by a host of names, including red romans, haarskeerders (“hair cutters”), and baardskeerders (“beard cutters”), the latter two relating to the belief they use their formidable jaws to clip hair from humans and animals to line their subterranean nests.