Charinidae
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Charinidae is an arachnid
family within the order of tailless whip scorpions. 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.
Arachnid
Arachnids are a class of joint-legged invertebrate animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. All arachnids have eight legs, although in some species the front pair may convert to a sensory function. The term is derived from the Greek words , meaning "spider".Almost all extant arachnids are terrestrial...
family within the order of tailless whip scorpions. 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.
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