Genus: Charinus Simon, 1892 | Family: Charinidae Quintero, 1986 | Order: Amblypygi Thorell, 1883

Charinus giganteus De Souza & Ferreira, 2025

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Charinus giganteus

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:063f7a2a-e8c2-45b0-a9f0-3e1ca9aa238e

Taxonomic references

Charinus giganteus de Souza & Ferreira:

de Souza and Ferreira, 2025: 231-238, Figs 4-21 original description

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: South America

Brazil Bahia
Type locality: Lapa dos Brejões I cave (11°0'24.64"S 41°26'9.68"W), São Gabriel

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Cave -11.00684444 -41.43602222
Type repository
  • Holotype ISLA 126450
  • Paratype ISLA 7 females, 4 males, 1 juvenile (all ISLA)
References

de Souza, A.M. & Ferreira, R.L. (2025). A small giant in the darkness: A new cave-dwelling Charinus (Amblypygi: Charontidae) from northeast Brazil. Zootaxa 5660(2): 228-242. doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5660.2.4 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2025-12-11 Taxonomic reference update de Souza and Ferreira, 2025
2025-12-10 Species updated Old value
2025-12-10 New taxonomic reference entry de Souza and Ferreira, 2025
2025-12-10 New species inserted