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Thelyphoninae
Thelyphonidae is the sole family in the Thelyphonida order of arachnids. Description These arachnids can reach a length of . The body consists of a cephalothorax coated with chitin and of an abdomen divided into 12 segments. Fossil record The largest prehistoric animals, largest of prehistoric whipscorpions and possibly the largest-known whipscorpion ever discovered was ''Mesoproctus'' from this family. While ''M. rowlandi'' reached in length (without tail), an unnamed species ''M. sp.'' had a carapace of in length and in width, comparable or even larger than the extant ''Mastigoproctus'' have.Jason A. Dunlop, David M. MartillThe first whipspider (Arachnida: Amblypygi) and three new whipscorpions (Arachnida: Thelyphonida) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 92, 325-334, 2002. Genera Most genera are currently placed in four recognised subfamilies: Hypoctoninae Auth.: Pocock, 1899 *''Etienneus'' He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelyphonus
''Thelyphonus'' is the type genus of Thelyphonidae, whip scorpions or 'vinegaroons' in the subfamily Thelyphoninae, with species found in Southeast Asia. Species , the World Uropygi Catalog accepts the following forty-five species: * ''Thelyphonus ambonensis'' (Speijer, 1933) – Indonesia * ''Thelyphonus angustus'' Lucas, 1835 – unknown * ''Thelyphonus anthracinus'' Pocock, 1894 – Malaysia * ''Thelyphonus asperatus'' Thorell, 1888 – Indonesia * ''Thelyphonus billitonensis'' Speijer, 1931 – Indonesia * ''Thelyphonus borneensis'' Kraepelin, 1897 – Borneo * ''Thelyphonus borneonus'' Haupt, 2009 – Borneo * ''Thelyphonus burchardi'' Kraepelin, 1911 – Indonesia * ''Thelyphonus caudatus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – Vietnam, Indonesia * ''Thelyphonus celebensis'' Kraepelin, 1897 – Indonesia * ''Thelyphonus dammermanni'' (Speijer, 1933) – Indonesia * ''Thelyphonus dicranotarsalis'' (Rowland, 1973) – Papua New Guinea * ''Thelyphonus doriae'' Thorell, 1888 – Malaysia * ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
