Tags: Arachnid.
Syndaesia mastix is a species of arachnid in the order Solifugae and the only member of the genus Syndaesia. It lives in western Argentina and is one of only two daesiids in South America the other being Amacata penai from the Atacama Desert; all other South American solifugids are in the families Eremobatidae and Ammotrechidae.