Biology:Paracharon

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Short description: Genus of whip scorpions

Paracharon
A syntype of Paracharon caecus.png
P. caecus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Amblypygi
Family: Paracharontidae
Genus: Paracharon
Hansen, 1921
Species:
P. caecus
Binomial name
Paracharon caecus
Hansen, 1921

Paracharon is a genus of tailless whip scorpion. A single species, Paracharon caecus has been described. It is endemic to Guinea-Bissau in West Africa[1] It is one of two living genera of the family Paracharontidae, alongside the South American Jorottui.[2] It is a troglobite having no eyes, with P. caecus found living in termite nests.[3][4]

References

  1. Harvey, M.S. (2003). Catalogue of the Smaller Arachnid Orders of the World: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 31. 
  2. Moreno-González, Jairo A.; Gutierrez-Estrada, Miguel; Prendini, Lorenzo (2023-06-28). "Systematic Revision of the Whip Spider Family Paracharontidae (Arachnida: Amblypygi) with Description of a New Troglobitic Genus and Species from Colombia". American Museum Novitates (4000). doi:10.1206/4000.1. ISSN 0003-0082. https://bioone.org/journals/american-museum-novitates/volume-2023/issue-4000/4000.1/Systematic-Revision-of-the-Whip-Spider-Family-Paracharontidae-Arachnida/10.1206/4000.1.full. 
  3. Miranda, Gustavo S. de; Kulkarni, Siddharth S.; Tagliatela, Jéssica; Baker, Caitlin M.; Giupponi, Alessandro P. L.; Labarque, Facundo M.; Gavish-Regev, Efrat; Rix, Michael G. et al. (2022-04-27) (in en). The rediscovery of a relict unlocks the first global phylogeny of whip spiders (Amblypygi). pp. 2022.04.26.489547. doi:10.1101/2022.04.26.489547. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.04.26.489547v1. 
  4. Garwood, Russell J.; Dunlop, Jason A.; Knecht, Brian J.; Hegna, Thomas A. (December 2017). "The phylogeny of fossil whip spiders" (in en). BMC Evolutionary Biology 17 (1): 105. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0931-1. ISSN 1471-2148. PMID 28431496. 

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