Paracharontidae is an

arachnid Arachnida () is a class of joint-legged invertebrate animals (arthropods), in the subphylum Chelicerata. Arachnida includes, among others, spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, camel spiders, whip spiders and vinegaroon ...

family within the order of tailless whip scorpions. Paracharontidae and Weygoldtinidae form the suborder Paleoamblypygi, the putative sister group to the remaining Amblypygi; this suborder is primarily known from

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and

Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene' ...

deposits, but also comprises two extant species: ''Paracharon caecus'' Hansen, 1921 from

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...

, and an undescribed species from

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

Genera

There are two genera in the family Paracharontidae. *''

Paracharon ''Paracharon'' is a genus of tailless whip scorpion. 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, ...

'' Hansen, 1921 (1 described species +1 undescribed species, West Africa, northern South America) *†'' Paracharonopsis'' Engel & Grimaldi, 2014 (1 species, Cambay amber, India, Eocene)

References

Amblypygi Arachnid families {{Scorpion-stub