Paracharon caecus Hansen, 1921

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Paracharon caecus

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:0e7c3372-0156-4895-822d-8af48be2d27e


Genus type of Paracharon Hansen, 1921

Taxonomic references

Paracharon caecus Hansen:

Hansen, 1921: 11–12, plate 1, figs. 2a–e original description
Hansen, 1930: n/a, plate 14, fig. 7a
Mello-Leitão, 1931: 53
Werner, 1935a: 470
Fage, 1954: 182 (as Paracharon coecus [sic])
Cloudsley-Thompson, 1968: 156
Delle Cave, 1986: 158
Quintero, 1986: 206, fig. 8
Weygoldt, 1994: 242
Weygoldt, 1996a: 188, 191, 193–198, figs. 1, 12, 21, 34, 39, table 2
Weygoldt, 1999c: 105, fig. 1
Weygoldt, 2000a: 14, 17, 23, 50, 86, 135, 139, figs. 14, 40–42, 103, 185
Weygoldt, 2000b: 340, 346, fig. 2
Harvey, 2003c: 31
Dunlop, Zhou and Braddy, 2007: 165–178, fig. 7b
Penney, 2009: 72
Moreno-González, Guiterrez-Estrada and Prendini, 2023: 11–12, 14–15, 19, figs. 2, 4c, 5c, 6c, 7e–f, 8e–f, 10a, 11a, 13a–b, 14a–b, 15a–b, 16a–b, 17a–b, 19a, table 1

Distribution
Distribution table
Guinea-Bissau
Type locality: Bolama, Bolama, Guinea–Bissau. Rio Cassine, Guinea–Bissau.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Bolama 11.57715 -15.487283
2 Rio Cassine 11.128117 -15.02195
Type repository
  • Lectotype Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen (ZMUC), Copenhagen, Denmark Female, from Rio Cassine (ZMUC 24556)
  • Paralectotype Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen (ZMUC), Copenhagen, Denmark 1 female (ZMUC 24556); same locality as lectotype
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:45CEE351-CDF9-47F3-BECE-EEF86D7EA9D7

References

Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. (1968). Spiders, scorpions, centipedes and mites. Pergamon Press, Oxford. [revised edition] -- Show included taxa

Delle Cave, L. (1986). Biospeleology of the Somaliland Amblypygi (Arachnida, Chelicerata) of the caves of the Showli Berdi and Mugdile (Bardera, Somaliland). Redia 69: 143–170. -- Show included taxa

Dunlop, J.A., Zhou, G.R.S. & Braddy, S.J. (2007). The affinities of the Carboniferous whip spider Graeophonus anglicus Pocock, 1911 (Arachnida: Amblypygi). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 98: 165–178. -- Show included taxa

Fage, L. (1954). Remarques sur la distribution géographique des Pédipalpes Amblypyges africains, accompagnées de la description d'une espèce nouvelle de Madagascar: Charinus madagascariensis, nov. sp.. Annales du Musée du Congo Belge, Sciences Zoologiques 1: 180–184. -- Show included taxa

Hansen, H.J. (1921). The Pedipalpi, Ricinulei, and Opiliones (exc. Op. Laniatores) collected by Mr. Leonardo Fea in tropical West Africa and adjacent islands. In: Studies on Arthropoda Gyldendalske Boghandel, Kjøbenhavn 1: 1–55. -- Show included taxa

Hansen, H.J. (1930). On the comparative morphology of the appendages in the Arthropoda. B. Crustacea (supplement), Insecta, Myriopoda, and Arachnida. In: Studies on Arthropoda Gyldendalske Boghandel, Kjøbenhavn 3: 1–376. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (2003c). Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. (1931). Pedipalpos do Brasil e algumas notas sobre a ordem. Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 33: 8–72. -- Show included taxa

Penney, D. (2009). Common spiders & other arachnids of The Gambia, West Africa. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester. -- Show included taxa

Quintero, D., Jr (1986). Revision de la clasification de Amblypygidos pulvinados: creacion de subordenes, una neuva familia y un nuevo genero con tres nuevas especies (Arachnida: Amblypygi). In: Eberhard, W.G., Lubin, Y.D. and Robinson, B.C. (ed.) Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Arachnology, Panama 1983 Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.: 203–212. -- Show included taxa

Werner, F. (1935a). Klasse: Arachnoidea, Spinnentiere. Pedipalpen. In: Bronns, H.G. (ed.) Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig 5(IV)(8)(3): 317–490. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (1994). Amblypygi. In: Juberthie, C. and Decu, V. (ed.) Encyclopaedia biospeologica Société de Biospéologie, Moulis and Bucarest 1: 241–247. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (1996a). Evolutionary morphology of whip spiders: towards a phylogenetic system (Chelicerata: Arachnida: Amblypygi). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolution Research 34: 185–202. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (1999c). Spermatophores and the evolution of female genitalia in whip spiders (Chelicerata, Amblypygi). Journal of Arachnology 27: 103–116. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (2000a). Whip spiders (Chelicerata: Amblypygi). Their biology, morphology and systematics. Apollo Books, Stenstrup. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (2000b). African whip spiders. Synopsis of the Amblypygi reported from Africa (Arachnida). Memorie della Societé Entomologica Italiana, Supplemento 78: 339–359. -- Show included taxa

Moreno-González, J.A., Guiterrez-Estrada, M. & Prendini, L. (2023). Systematic Revision of the Whip Spider Family Paracharontidae (Arachnida: Amblypygi) with Description of a New Troglobitic Genus and Species from Colombia. American Museum Novitates 400: 1-36. doi: https://doi.org/10.1206/4000.1 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-05-16 Species updated Old value
2024-04-15 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 2000
2024-04-15 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 1996
2024-04-15 Taxonomic reference update Quintero, 1986
2024-04-15 Species updated Old value
2024-04-15 Species updated Old value
2024-03-16 Species updated Old value
2024-03-15 Taxonomic reference update Moreno-González, Guiterrez-Estrada and Prendini, 2023
2024-03-15 New taxonomic reference entry Moreno-González, Guiterrez-Estrada and Prendini, 2023
2024-03-15 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-15 Taxonomic reference update Hansen, 1921
2024-03-15 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 1996
2024-03-15 Taxonomic reference update Dunlop, Zhou and Braddy, 2007
2024-03-15 Taxonomic reference update Dunlop, Zhou and Braddy, 2007
2024-03-15 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 2000
2024-03-15 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 1999
2024-03-15 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 2000
2024-03-15 Taxonomic reference update Quintero, 1986
2024-03-15 Taxonomic reference update Hansen, 1930
2024-03-15 Taxonomic reference update Hansen, 1921
2024-03-15 Species updated Old value
2024-03-15 Species updated Old value
2024-03-15 Species updated Old value