Charon grayi (Gervais, 1842)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Phrynus Grayi

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Genus type of Charon Karsch, 1879

Taxonomic references

Phrynus grayi Gervais:

Gervais, 1842a: 76 original description
Gervais, 1844: 4
Butler, 1873c: 119, plate 7, fig. 1
Simon, 1877b: 92
Butler, 1879: 314 (as Phrynus grayii)
Rainbow, 1898: 355

Not Phrynus medius (Herbst):

Hoeven, 1842a: 68–76, figs. 1–14 (misidentification)

Charon grayi (Gervais):

Karsch, 1879a: 197
Simon, 1892a: 43
Kraepelin, 1895: 42–44, figs. 2, 31, 35–36
Kraepelin, 1899a: 247–248, figs. 66, 91
Kraepelin, 1901b: 264
Börner, 1902d: 214
Börner, 1904: 5, figs. 63, 68
Arldt, 1908: 441
Scheuring, 1913: 590 (as Charon gragi [sic])
Gravely, 1915b: 446
Werner, 1916: 93
Buxton, 1917: 3
Lampe, 1918: 206
Giltay, 1931: 24–25
Mello-Leitão, 1931: 52
Reimoser, 1931: 750
Berland, 1932: n/a, figs. 106, 109–111
Werner, 1932: 577
Speijer, 1933a: v
Savory, 1935: n/a, fig. 26
Werner, 1935a: 472, figs. 46, 69b, 178a–b (one figure labelled Damon (Charon) grayi)
Speijer, 1936b: 262
Speijer, 1937: 174
Takashima, 1941a: 276, 277
Takashima, 1941b: 88–93, figs 2–3
Takashima, 1943: 23–28, figs 5–6
Takashima, 1944: 10
Takashima, 1947b: 46–48
Takashima, 1948b: 105–108, figs. 5–6
Takashima, 1950: 336–338, figs 1–2
Takashima, 1960: 26, plate 13, fig. 7
Savory, 1964a: n/a, fig. 77
Cloudsley-Thompson, 1968: 155, 158, fig. 29
Quintero, 1975: 161, fig. 6
Southcott, 1976: 107, fig.1
Savory, 1977: n/a, fig. 47
Southcott, 1978: 24, fig. on p. 24 (no number)
Strinati, 1983: 30, 31
Delle Cave, 1986: 153
Quintero, 1986: n/a, figs 1, 6, 10–11
Samuelson and Nishida, 1987: 158
Kerr, 1991: 214
Humphreys, 1995: 178, figs. 4e–f
Weygoldt, 1996a: n/a, figs. 3, 15–16, 25, 32, 42, 47
Weygoldt, 2000a: n/a, figs. 18, 26, 31, 47
Dunlop, 2002a: n/a, fig. 2b
Weygoldt, 2002d: n/a, fig. 9
Harvey, 2003c: 9–10
Dunlop and Barov, 2005 [2006]: n/a, fig. 16
Seiter and Hörweg, 2014: 50

Damon grayi (Gervais):

Wolf, 1938: 536 (as Damon gragi [sic])

Charon cf. grayi (Gervais):

Weygoldt, 2002a: 138–142, figs. 16–22

Not Charon grayi (Gervais):

Pocock, 1898b: 458 (misidentification; see Charon forsteri)
Rainbow, 1913: 2 (misidentification; see Charon forsteri)


Synonyms
Charon hoeveni Karsch, 1880 -- synonymised by Kraepelin, 1899a: 247
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Charon hoeveni Karsch:
Karsch, 1880b: 245 original description
Hansen, 1894: 159 (as Charon hoevenii [sic])
Kraepelin, 1899a: 247 (synonymised with Charon grayi (Gervais, 1842))
Charon beccarii Thorell, 1888 -- synonymised by Kraepelin, 1899a: 247
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Charon beccarii Thorell:
Thorell, 1888: 340–345 original description
Kraepelin, 1899a: 247 (synonymised with Charon grayi (Gervais, 1842))
Delle Cave, 1986: 153
Charon papuanus Thorell, 1888 -- synonymised by Kraepelin, 1899a: 247
LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:c3632cc9-13d6-46c6-89ed-24fc33a18efb
Charon papuanus Thorell:
Thorell, 1888: 345–349 original description
Kraepelin, 1899a: 247 (synonymised with Charon grayi (Gervais, 1842))
Delle Cave, 1986: 153
Charon grayi papuanus Thorell:
Esaki, 1936a: 80–81, figs. 1–3
Charon subterraneus Thorell, 1888 -- synonymised by Kraepelin, 1899a: 247
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Charon subterraneus Thorell:
Thorell, 1888: 349–354 original description
Kraepelin, 1899a: 247 (synonamised with Charon grayi (Gervais, 1842))
Delle Cave, 1986: 153
Distribution
Distribution table
Indonesia
Indonesia (Java, Maluku, Sumbawa)
Malaysia
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Singapore
Type locality: Manila, Manila, Luzon Island, Philippines.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Manila 14.583333 121
Type repository
  • Holotype British Museum of Natural History (BMNH) (= NHM, Natural History Museum), London, UK uncertain
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:6BD49D06-3C1A-4ABD-A9B1-6A4834318158

References

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Berland, L. (1932). Les Arachnides. In: Encyclopédie entomologique (A) Paul Lechavalier & Fils, Paris XVI: 1–485. -- Show included taxa

Börner, C. (1902d). Koenenia mirabilis und andere Pedipalpen. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft 12: 214–215. -- Show included taxa

Börner, C. (1904). Beitrage zur Morphologie der Arthropoden. I. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pedipalpen. Zoologica, Stuttgart 42: 1–174. -- Show included taxa

Butler, A.G. (1873c). A monographic revision of the genus Phrynus, with descriptions of four remarkable new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 12: 117–125. -- Show included taxa

Butler, A.G. (1879). Respecting a new distinction between the species of the genus Phrynus of authors. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 4: 313–316. -- Show included taxa

Buxton, B.H. (1917). Notes on the anatomy of arachnids. Journal of Morphology 29: 1–31. -- Show included taxa

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. (2002a). Character states and evolution of the chelicerate claws. In: Toft, S. and Scharff, N. (ed.) European Arachnology Aarhus University Press, Aarhus: 345–354. -- Show included taxa

Dunlop, J.A. & Barov, V. (2005 [2006]). A new fossil whip spider (Arachnida: Amblypygi) from the Crato Formation of Brazil. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 12: 53–62. -- Show included taxa

Esaki, T. (1936a). Das Vorkommen der charontide Amblypygi auf den Palau-Inseln. Lansania 8(75): 79–90. -- Show included taxa

Gervais, P. (1842a). Entomologie. L'Institut, Journal Universal des Sciences et des Sociétés Savantes en France et a l'Étranger, 1ère Section 10: 76. -- Show included taxa

Gervais, P. (1844). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Aptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris 3. -- Show included taxa

Giltay, L. (1931). Scorpions et Pédipalpes. In: Résultats Scientifiques du voyage aux Indes Orientales Néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. de Prince et la Princesse Léopold de Belgique. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3(6): 1–28. -- Show included taxa

Gravely, F.H. (1915b). A revision of the Oriental subfamilies of Tarantulidae (order Pedipalpi). Records of the Indian Museum 11: 433–455. -- Show included taxa

Hansen, H.J. (1894). Organs and characters in different orders of arachnids [second part]. Entomologiske Meddelelser 4: 145–249. -- 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

Hoeven, J. van der (1842a). Bijdragen tot de Kennis von het geslacht Phrynus, Oliv. Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie 9: 68–91. -- Show included taxa

Humphreys, W.F. (1995). Chorion surface features of chelicerate eggs. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 52: 171–181. -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1879a). Ueber eine neue Eintheilung der Tarantuliden (Phrynidae aut.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 45: 189–197. -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1880b). Zur Kenntniss der Tarantuliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 46: 244–249. -- Show included taxa

Kerr, A.M. (1991). Arachnids of the Ngerukewid Islands Wildlife Preserve, Palau. Micronesica 24: 211–215. -- Show included taxa

Kraepelin, K. (1895). Revision der Tarantuliden Fabr.. Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 13(3): 3–53. -- Show included taxa

Kraepelin, K. (1899a). Scorpiones und Pedipalpi. Tierreich 8: i–xviii, 1–265. -- Show included taxa

Kraepelin, K. (1901b). Catalogue des Pédipalpes des collections du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 7: 263–264. -- Show included taxa

Lampe, E. (1918). Katalog der Skorpione, Pedipalpen und Solifugen des Naturhistorischen Museums in der Residenzstadt Wiesbaden. Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 70: 185–208. -- 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

Pocock, R.I. (1898b). Scorpions, Pedipalpi, and spiders from the Solomon Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 1: 457–475. -- Show included taxa

Quintero, D., Jr (1975). Scanning electron microscope observations on the tarsi of the legs of the amblypygids (Arachnida, Amblypygi). In: Proceedings of the 6th International Arachnological Congress Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, Amsterdam: 161–163. -- 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

Rainbow, W.J. (1898). Contribution to a knowledge of the arachnidan fauna of British New Guinea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23: 328–356. -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W.J. (1913). Arachnida from the Solomon Islands. Records of the Australian Museum 10: 1–16. -- Show included taxa

Reimoser, E. (1931). Arachnoidea der Sunda-Expedition Rensch. Mitteilung aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 17: 744–752. -- Show included taxa

Samuelson, G.A. & Nishida, G.M. (1987). Insects and allies (Arthropoda) of Enewetak Atoll. In: Devaney, D.M, Reese, E.S, Burch, B.L. and Helfrich, P. (ed.) The natural history of Enewetak Atoll. II. Biogeography and systematics United States Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.: 147–177. -- Show included taxa

Savory, T.H. (1935). The Arachnida. Edward Arnold and Co., London. -- Show included taxa

Savory, T.H. (1964a). Arachnida. Academic Press, London. -- Show included taxa

Savory, T.H. (1977). Arachnida. Academic Press, London. [2nd edition] -- Show included taxa

Scheuring, L. (1913). Die Augen der Arachnoideen. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Anatomie und Ontogenie 33: 553–636. -- Show included taxa

Seiter, M. & Hörweg, C. (2014). The whip spider collection (Arachnida, Amblypygi) held in the Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 46: 47–53. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1877b). Arachnides nouveaux ou peu connus. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (5) 7: 225–242. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1892a). Arachnides. In Raffray, A., Bolivar, I. and Simon, E., Etude sur les Arthropodes cavernicoles de île Luzon, Voyage de M. E. Simon aux îles Philippines (Mars et avril 1890). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 61: 35–52. -- Show included taxa

Southcott, R.V. (1976). Arachnidism and allied syndromes in the Australian region. Records of the Adelaide Children's Hospital 1: 97–186. -- Show included taxa

Southcott, R.V. (1978). Australian harmful arachnids and their allies. R.V. Southcott, Adelaide. -- Show included taxa

Speijer, E.A.M. (1933a). [No title]. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 76: iv–v. -- Show included taxa

Speijer, E.A.M. (1936b). Die orientalischen Pedipalpi des Zoologischen Museums der Universität Berlin. Mitteilung aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 21: 249–263. -- Show included taxa

Speijer, E.A.M. (1937). A collection of pedipalps from the Raffles Museum. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 13: 171–175. -- Show included taxa

Strinati, P. (1983). Grottes visitées aux Philippines en 1975. In: Strinati, P. and Aellen, V. (ed.) Voyage biospeologique autour de monde Speleo-Club de Paris, Club Alpin Français, Paris 9: 30–31. -- Show included taxa

Takashima, H. (1941a). [Scorpiones and Pedipalpi from the islands of Riu-kiu]. Biogeographica 3: 273–285. -- Show included taxa

Takashima, H. (1941b). [Supplementary notes on our knowledge of Scorpionida and Pedipalpi]. Acta Arachnologica 6: 87–98. -- Show included taxa

Takashima, H. (1943). [Scorpionida and Pedipalpi of the Japanese Empire]. Acta Arachnologica 8: 5–30. -- Show included taxa

Takashima, H. (1944). [Pedipalpi of Bouganville Island]. Dobutsugaku Zasshi 56(9–10): 10–13. -- Show included taxa

Takashima, H. (1947b). [An introduction to the Pedipalpi of the Oriental region]. Acta Arachnologica 10: 32–50. -- Show included taxa

Takashima, H. (1948b). [Notes on pedipalps of Japan and adjacent territories]. Acta Arachnologica 10: 93–109. -- Show included taxa

Takashima, H. (1950). Notes on Amblypygi found in territories adjacent to Japan. Pacific Science 4: 336–338. -- Show included taxa

Takashima, H. (1960). [Encyclopaedia zoologica illustrated in colours]. Hokuryu-kan Publishing, Tokyo 4. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1888). Pedipalpi e Scorpioni dell'Arcipelago Malese conservati nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 26: 327–428. -- Show included taxa

Werner, F. (1916). Über einige Skorpione und Gliederspinnen der Naturhistorischen Museums in Wiesbaden. Jahrbüchern des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde in Wiesbaden 69: 79–97. -- Show included taxa

Werner, F. (1932). Die Skorpione und Pedipalpen der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 11: 575–577. -- 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. (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. (2000a). Whip spiders (Chelicerata: Amblypygi). Their biology, morphology and systematics. Apollo Books, Stenstrup. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (2002a). Sperm transfer and spermatophore morphology of the whip spiders Sarax buxtoni, S. brachydactylus (Charinidae), Charon cf. grayi, and Stygophrynus brevispina nov. spec. (Charontidae) (Chelicerata, Amblypygi). Zoologischer Anzeiger 241: 131–148. doi: https://doi.org/10.1078/S0044-5231(04)70069-8 -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (2002d). Amblypygi. In: Adis, J. (ed.) Amazonian Arachnida and Myriapoda Pensoft Publishers, Sofia: 293–302. -- Show included taxa

Wolf, B. (1938). Animalium cavernarum catalogus. Junk, Gravenhage 3. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-05-04 Taxonomic reference update
2024-04-15 Species updated Old value
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 2002
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Dunlop and Barov, 2005 [2006]
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 2002
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Dunlop, 2002
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 2000
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 1996
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Humphreys, 1995
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Quintero, 1986
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Southcott, 1978
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Savory, 1977
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Southcott, 1976
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Quintero, 1975
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Cloudsley-Thompson, 1968
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Savory, 1964
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Takashima, 1960
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Takashima, 1948
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Werner, 1935
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Savory, 1935
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Berland, 1932
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Börner, 1904
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Kraepelin, 1899
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Kraepelin, 1895
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Hoeven, 1842
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Butler, 1873
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-16 Species updated Old value
2024-03-16 Species updated Old value