Biology:Charon (arachnid)

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Short description: Genus of whip-spiders

Charon
Charontidae - Charon grayi.jpg
Charon grayi from Sulawesi on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Amblypygi
Family: Charontidae
Simon, 1892
Genus: Charon
Karsch, 1879
Species

6, see text

Charon is a genus of whip-spiders from Asia and Australasia, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.[1]

Species

(As of August 2023), the World Amblypygi Catalog accepted the following six species:[2]

  • Charon ambreae Réveillion & Maquart, 2018 — Taiwan
  • Charon forsteri (Dunn, 1949) — Solomon Islands
  • Charon gervaisi Harvey & West, 1998 — Christmas Island
  • Charon grayi (Gervais, 1842) — Southeast Asia
  • Charon oenpelli Harvey & West, 1998 — Australia
  • Charon trebax Harvey & West, 1998 — Australia

References

  1. Karsch, F. (1879). "Ueber eine neue Eintheilung der Tarantuliden (Phrynidae aut.)". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 45: 189–197. 
  2. "Charon Karsch, 1879". Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/amblypygi/species/88. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2194475 entry