Genus: Mastigoproctus Pocock, 1894 | Family: Thelyphonidae Blanchard, 1852 | Order: Uropygi Thorell, 1883

Mastigoproctus mexicanus (Butler, 1872)

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Original combination: Thelyphonus mexicanus

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:4f231ec3-b520-4407-9907-cbc31811a76c

Taxonomic references

Thelyphonus mexicanus

Butler, 1872: 201, fig. 1 original description

Thelyphonus (?) mexicanus Butler:

Tarnani, 1890a: 538

Mastigoproctus giganteus mexicanus (Butler):

Pocock, 1902c: 48
Mello-Leitão, 1931: 27
Harvey, 2003c: 67
Barrales-Alcalá, Francke and Viquez, 2016: 26. 46 (part)
McMonigle, 2013: 100, unnumbered (part)

Mastigoproctus mexicanus (Butler):

Barrales-Alcalá, Francke and Prendini, 2018: 29-32, fig. 15a-d, table 2
Barrales-Alcalá and Francke, 2023: 225
Barrales-Alcalá and Francke, 2023: 225

Distribution
Distribution table
Mexico
Type locality: Mexico.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Mexico (IMPRECISE) 20 -100
Type repository
    N/A
Zoobank LSID

4C501049-6F19-44B1-A262-0D38E93B7EA4

References

Butler, A.G. (1872). A monograph of the genus Thelyphonus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 10: 200–206. ZooBank: 3C62D953-7BC9-4B5D-BC8A-F90BDCA38F77 -- 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. ZooBank: 9D977FEC-3474-4DCC-8020-C3251DE6C3CE -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R.I. (1902c). Arachnida: Scorpiones, Pedipalpi, and Solifugae. In: Godman, F.D. and Salvin, O. (ed.) Biologia Centrali-Americana Taylor and Francis, London 3: 1–71. ZooBank: 828A5964-A9EA-45CB-AB86-880E950D4FA5 -- Show included taxa

Tarnani, J. (1890a). Ueber die Thelyphoniden aus den Sammlungen einiger Russischer Museen. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 24: 511–539. ZooBank: 9CB71B34-6F88-495D-B055-B2F8A088ADD9 -- Show included taxa

Barrales-Alcalá, D., Francke, O.F. & Prendini, L. (2018). Systematic revision of the giant vinegaroons of the Mastigoproctus giganteus complex (Thelyphonida, Thelyphonidae) of North America. American Museum Novitates 418: 1–62. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090-418.1.1 -- Show included taxa

McMonigle, O. (2013). Forgotten order of the vinegaroons. Whipscorpion biology, husbandry, and natural history. Coachwhip Publications. -- Show included taxa

Barrales-Alcalá, D., Francke, O.F. & Viquez, C. (2016). First report of stridulatory organ in Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas) (Uropygi, Thelyphonidae), with notes on this behavior. Abstracts, 40th Annual Meeting of the American Arachnological Society. Denver. -- Show included taxa

Barrales-Alcalá, D. & Francke, O.F. (2023). Three new species of the giant vinegaroon genus Mastigoproctus (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae) from Mexico. Journal of Arachnology 51: 223-237. ZooBank: 1CE05AC3-6D8B-4A7A-A980-2F1D2464C16A doi: https://doi.org/10.1636/JoA-S-22-013 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-08-21 New taxonomic reference entry Barrales-Alcalá and Francke, 2023
2026-08-21 New taxonomic reference entry Barrales-Alcalá and Francke, 2023
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry McMonigle, 2013
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Barrales-Alcalá, Francke and Viquez, 2016
2023-01-05 Species updated Old value
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Barrales-Alcalá, Francke and Prendini, 2018