Biology:Megaschizomus

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Short description: Genus of shorttailed whipscorpions

Megaschizomus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Schizomida
Family: Hubbardiidae
Genus: Megaschizomus
Lawrence, 1969
Type species
Megaschizomus mossambicus
(Lawrence, 1958)
Species

2, see text

Megaschizomus is a genus of hubbardiid short-tailed whipscorpions, first described by Reginald Frederick Lawrence in 1969.[1]

Species

(As of September 2022), the World Schizomida Catalog accepts the following two species:[2]

  • Megaschizomus mossambicus (Lawrence, 1958) – Mozambique
  • Megaschizomus zuluanus (Lawrence, 1947) – South Africa

References

  1. Lawrence, Reginald Frederick (1969). "The Uropygi (Arachnida: Schizomida) of the Ethiopian region". Journal of Natural History 3: 217–260. doi:10.1080/00222936900770201. 
  2. "Megaschizomus Lawrence, 1969". Natural History Museum Bern. https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/schizomida/species/709. 

Wikidata ☰ Q368146 entry