Charinidae

Charinidae
Charinidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Amblypygi
Family: Charinidae
Quintero, 1986[1]
Genera

Catageus Thorell, 1889
Charinus Simon, 1892
Sarax Simon, 1892

Charinidae is an arachnid family within the order of tailless whip scorpions.[2] It is the largest family within the Amblypygi: 39 species are described, within three genera. Of these species, 27 are placed in the genus Charinus.[3]

Contents

Species

Catageus

Contains the following species:

  • Catageus pusillus Thorell 1889

Charinus

Contains the following species:

  • Charinus abbatei Delle Cave 1986
  • Charinus acaraje Pinto-da-Rocha, Machado and Weygoldt, 2002
  • Charinus acosta (Quintero, 1983)
  • Charinus africanus Hansen 1921
  • Charinus asturias Pinto-da-Rocha, Machado and Weygoldt, 2002
  • Charinus australianus (L. Koch, 1867)
  • Charinus bengalensis (Gravely, 1911)
  • Charinus bordoni (Ravelo, 1975)
  • Charinus brasilianus Weygoldt 1972
  • Charinus camachoi (González-Sponga, 1998)
  • Charinus caribensis (Quintero 1986)
  • Charinus centralis Armas and -vila Calvo, 2000
  • Charinus cubensis (Quintero, 1983)
  • Charinus decu (Quintero, 1983)
  • Charinus dhofarensis Weygoldt, Pohl and Polak, 2002
  • Charinus dominicanus Armas and González, 2002
  • Charinus eleonorae Baptista and Giupponi, 2003
  • Charinus fagei Weygoldt 1972
  • Charinus gertschi Goodnight & Goodnight 1946
  • Charinus insularis Banks 1902
  • Charinus ioanniticus (Kritscher, 1959)
  • Charinus koepckei Weygoldt 1972
  • Charinus madagascariensis Fage 1954
  • Charinus milloti Fage 1939
  • Charinus montanus Weygoldt 1972
  • Charinus muchmorei Armas and Teruel, 1997
  • Charinus mysticus Giupponi and Kury, 2002
  • Charinus neocaledonicus Simon 1895
  • Charinus pakistanus Weygoldt, 2005
  • Charinus papuanus Weygoldt, 2006
  • Charinus pardillalensis (González-Sponga, 1998)
  • Charinus pecki Weygoldt, 2006
  • Charinus pescotti Dunn 1949
  • Charinus platnicki (Quintero 1986)
  • Charinus quinteroi Weygoldt, 2002
  • Charinus schirchii (Mello-Leitão, 1931)
  • Charinus seychellarum Kraepelin 1898
  • Charinus socotranus Weygoldt, Pohl and Polak, 2002
  • Charinus stygochthobius Weygoldt and Van Damme, 2004
  • Charinus tomasmicheli Armas, 2007
  • Charinus troglobius Baptista and Giupponi, 2002
  • Charinus tronchonii (Ravelo, 1975)
  • Charinus wanlessi Simon, 1892

Sarax

Contains the following species:

  • Sarax brachydactylus Simon 1892
  • Sarax buxtoni (Gravely, 1915)
  • Sarax cochinensis (Gravely 1915)
  • Sarax davidovi Fage 1946
  • Sarax javensis (Gravely 1915)
  • Sarax mediterraneus Delle Cave 1986
  • Sarax rimosus (Simon 1901)
  • Sarax sarawakensis (Thorell, 1888)
  • Sarax singaporae Gravely, 1911
  • Sarax willeyi Simon, 1892

References

  1. ^ Quintero, D., Jr 1986. Revision de la clasificacion de amblypygidos pulvinados: creacion de subordenes, una nueva familia y un nuevo genero con tres nuevas especies (Arachnida: Amblypygi). In: Eberhard, W. G., Lubin, Y. D. and Robinson, B. C. (eds.). Proc. 9th int. Congr. Arachnol. (Panama 1983), pp. 203-212. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C.
  2. ^ Harvey, M.S. 2003. Order Amblypygi. pp. 59–99 in, Catalogue of the Smaller Arachnid Orders of the World: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing. 385 pp.
  3. ^ Harvey, M.S. 2003. Order Amblypygi. pp. 59–99 in, Catalogue of the Smaller Arachnid Orders of the World: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing. 385 pp.

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