Biology:Thelyphonus

Short description: Genus of whip scorpions

Thelyphonus
Thelyphonus sp. (Malaysia)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Uropygi
Family:	Thelyphonidae
Subfamily:	Thelyphoninae
Genus:	Thelyphonus Latreille, 1802
Type species
Thelyphonus caudatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
45, see text

Thelyphonus is the type genus of whip scorpions or 'vinegaroons' in the subfamily Thelyphoninae, with species found in Southeast Asia.

Species

(As of October 2022), the World Uropygi Catalog accepts the following forty-five species:

• Thelyphonus ambonensis (Speijer, 1933) – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus angustus Lucas, 1835 – unknown
• Thelyphonus anthracinus Pocock, 1894 – Malaysia
• Thelyphonus asperatus Thorell, 1888 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus billitonensis Speijer, 1931 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus borneensis Kraepelin, 1897 – Borneo
• Thelyphonus borneonus Haupt, 2009 – Borneo
• Thelyphonus burchardi Kraepelin, 1911 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus caudatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Vietnam, Indonesia
• Thelyphonus celebensis Kraepelin, 1897 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus dammermanni (Speijer, 1933) – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus dicranotarsalis (Rowland, 1973) – Papua New Guinea
• Thelyphonus doriae Thorell, 1888 – Malaysia
• Thelyphonus feuerborni Werner, 1932 – Java
• Thelyphonus florensis (Speijer, 1933) – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus gertschi (Rowland, 1973) – Papua New Guinea
• Thelyphonus grandis Speijer, 1931 – Borneo
• Thelyphonus hansenii Kraeplein, 1897 – Philippines
• Thelyphonus insulanus L.Koch & Keyserling, 1885 – Fiji
• Thelyphonus kinabaluensis Speijer, 1933 – Malaysia
• Thelyphonus klugii Kraepelin, 1897 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus kopsteini (Speijer, 1933) – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus kraepelini Speijer, 1931 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus lawrencei Rowland, 1973 – Solomon Islands
• Thelyphonus leucurus Pocock, 1898 – Solomons
• Thelyphonus linganus C.L.Koch, 1843 – Indonesia, Malaysia
• Thelyphonus lucanoides Butler, 1872 – Indonesia, Sarawak
• Thelyphonus luzonicus Haupt, 2009 – Philippines
• Thelyphonus manilanus C.L. Koch, 1843 – Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand
• Thelyphonus nasutus (Thorell, 1888) – Borneo
• Thelyphonus pococki Tarnani, 1900 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus renschi (Speijer, 1936) – Borneo
• Thelyphonus rohdei (Kraepelin, 1897) – Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
• Thelyphonus samoanus (Kraepelin, 1897) – Samoa
• Thelyphonus schnehagenii Kraepelin, 1897 – Burma
• Thelyphonus semperi Kraepelin, 1897 – Philippines
• Thelyphonus sepiaris Butler, 1873 – India, Sri Lanka
• Thelyphonus seticauda Doleschall, 1857 – Indonesia, Philippines
• Thelyphonus spinimanus Lucas, 1835 – unknown
• Thelyphonus suckii Kraepelin, 1897 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus sumatranus Kraepelin, 1897 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus tarnanii Pocock, 1894 – Sumatra
• Thelyphonus vanoorti Speijer, 1936 – Philippines
• Thelyphonus wayi Pocock, 1900 – Cambodia
• Thelyphonus willeyi (Pocock, 1898) – Papua New Guinea

External Links & See Also

• List of Thelyphonidae species (includes fossil taxa)

Wikidata ☰ Q10696374 entry