Thelyphonidae
Thelyphonidae[1] is the sole family in the Uropygi order of arachnids.[2]
| Thelyphonidae Temporal range: | |
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| Hypoctonus formosus from Myanmar | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Clade: | Tetrapulmonata |
| Order: | Uropygi |
| Family: | Thelyphonidae Lucas, 1835 |
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Description
These arachnids can reach a length of 18–85 millimetres (0.71–3.35 in). The body consists of a cephalothorax coated with chitin and of an abdomen divided into 12 segments.
Fossil record
The largest of prehistoric whipscorpions and possibly the largest-known whipscorpion ever discovered[3] was Mesoproctus from this family. While M. rowlandi reached 16.8 mm (0.66 in) in length (without tail), an unnamed species M. sp. had a carapace of 32.5 mm (1.28 in) in length and 16 mm (0.63 in) in width, comparable or even larger than the extant Mastigoproctus have.[4]
Genera
Most genera are currently placed in four recognised subfamilies:
Hypoctoninae
Auth.: Pocock, 1899
- Etienneus Heurtault, 1984
- Hypoctonus Thorell, 1888
- Labochirus Pocock, 1894
- Thelyphonellus Pocock, 1894
- Ravilops Viquez & de Armas, 2005
Mastigoproctinae
Auth.: Speijer, 1933
Mastigoproctus colombianus
- Mastigoproctus Pocock, 1894
- Mayacentrum Viquez & de Armas, 2006
- Mimoscorpius Pocock, 1894
- Sheylayongium Teruel, 2018
- Uroproctus Pocock, 1894
- Valeriophonus Viquez & de Armas, 2005
Thelyphoninae
Auth.: Lucas, 1835
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Thelyphonus sp. (Malaysia)
- Abaliella Strand, 1928
- Chajnus Speijer, 1936
- Ginosigma Speijer, 1936
- Glyptogluteus Rowland, 1973
- Minbosius Speijer, 1936
- Tetrabalius Thorell, 1888
- Thelyphonoides - monotypic Thelyphonoides panayensis Krehenwinkel, Curio, Tacud & Haupt, 2009
- Thelyphonus Latreille, 1802
- †Mesothelyphonus Cai and Huang, 2017 (Burmese amber, Cenomanian)
Incertae sedis
- †Mesoproctus Dunlop, 1998 (Crato Formation, Aptian)
References
- Lucas H (1835) Sur une monographie du genre Thélyphone. Magasin de Zoologie vol. 5, Classe VIII.
- "Family Thelyphonidae". World Uropygi Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- David M. Martill, Günter Bechly, Robert F. (2007). The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. Cambridge University Press. p. 124. ISBN 9781139467766. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Jason A. Dunlop, David M. Martill. The 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.
External links
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