Biology:Damon variegatus

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Short description: Species of whip scorpion endemic to Southern Africa

Damon variegatus
Damon variegatus 176892688.jpg
Common whipspider (Damon variegatus) 1.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Amblypygi
Family: Phrynichidae
Genus: Damon
Species:
D. variegatus
Binomial name
Damon variegatus
(Perty, 1834)

Damon variegatus is a species of whip spider, also known as the common whipspider (or African whip spider), in the family Phrynichidae. It is endemic to Southern Africa.[1][2]

Range

It is found from the DRC and Tanzania down to South Africa and Namibia. In 2005, the population west of the Kalahari Desert (in Namibia and southern Angola) was moved to Damon sylviae.[1]

Common whipspider (Damon variegatus) 2.jpg

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2257051 entry