''Paracharon'' is a genus of

tailless whip scorpion Amblypygi is an ancient order of arachnid chelicerate arthropods also known as African cave-dwelling spiders, whip spiders and tailless whip scorpions (not to be confused with whip scorpions or vinegaroons that belong to the related order Thelyph ...

. A single species, ''Paracharon caecus'' has been described. It is endemic to Guinea-Bissau. An undescribed species is known from Colombia. It is the most basal known living member of Amblypygi, and the only living member of the Palaeoamblypygi, which also includes the genus '' Weygoldtina'' from the

Carboniferous The Carboniferous ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, million years ago. The name ''Carbonifero ...

Euramerica Laurasia () was the more northern of two large landmasses that formed part of the Pangaea supercontinent from around ( Mya), the other being Gondwana. It separated from Gondwana (beginning in the late Triassic period) during the breakup of Pan ...

and '' Paracharonopsis'' from Eocene aged Indian Cambay amber. Both living species are troglobites, having no eyes, with ''P. caecus'' living in termite nests, while the undescribed Colombian species was found living in a cave.

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Amblypygi Monotypic arachnid genera Arthropods of Africa Animals described in 1921 {{Arachnid-stub