Biology:Hypoctonus

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Short description: Genus of whip scorpions

Hypoctonus
Thelyphonidae - Hypoctonus formosus.JPG
Hypoctonus formosus from Myanmar
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Uropygi
Family: Thelyphonidae
Subfamily: Hypoctoninae
Genus: Hypoctonus
Thorell, 1888
Type species
Hypoctonus formosus
(Butler, 1872)
Species

19, see text

Hypoctonus is a genus of Thelyphonid whip scorpions, first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1888.[1]

Species

(As of October 2022), the World Uropygi Catalog accepts the following nineteen species:[2]

  • Hypoctonus andersoni (Oates, 1889) – Myanmar
  • Hypoctonus binghami (Oates, 1889) – Myanmar
  • Hypoctonus birmanicus Hirst, 1911 – Myanmar
  • Hypoctonus browni Gravely, 1912 – Myanmar
  • Hypoctonus carmichaeli Gravely, 1916 – Bangladesh
  • Hypoctonus dawnae Gravely, 1912 – Myanmar
  • Hypoctonus ellisi Gravely, 1912 – Myanmar
  • Hypoctonus formosus (Butler, 1872) – Myanmar
  • Hypoctonus gastrostictus Kraepelin, 1897 – Borneo
  • Hypoctonus granosus Pocock, 1900 – China
  • Hypoctonus javanicus Speijer, 1933 – Indonesia
  • Hypoctonus kraepelini Simon, 1901 – Thailand
  • Hypoctonus oatesii Pocock, 1900 – Bangladesh, Bhutan
  • Hypoctonus rangunensis (Oates, 1889) – Myanmar
  • Hypoctonus saxatilis (Oates, 1889) – Myanmar
  • Hypoctonus siamensis Haupt, 1996 – Thailand
  • Hypoctonus stoliczkae Gravely, 1912 – India
  • Hypoctonus sylvaticus (Oates, 1889) – Myanmar
  • Hypoctonus woodmasoni (Oates, 1889) – Myanmar

References

  1. Thorell, Tamerlan (1888). "Pedipalpi e Scorpioni dell'Arcipelago Malese conservati nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 26: 327–428. 
  2. "Hypoctonus Thorell, 1888". Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/uropygi/species/819. 

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