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Weygoldt, P. (1971b). Notes on the life history and reproductive biology of the giant whip scorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus (Uropygi, Thelyphonidae) from Florida. Journal of Zoology, London 164: 137–147. -- Show included taxa

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Weygoldt, P. (1990). Arthropoda-Chelicerata: sperm transfer. In: Adiyodi, K.G. and Adiyodi, R.G. (ed.) Reproductive biology of invertebrates Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi 4 (B): 77–119. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (2002f). Chelicerata, Spinnentiere. In: Westheide, W. and Rieger, R. (ed.) Spezielle Zoologie Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin 1: Einzeller und Wirbellose Tiere: 449–497. -- Show included taxa

Wheeler, W.C. (1995). Sequence alignment, parameter sensitivity, and the phylogenetic analysis of molecular data. Systematic Biology 44: 321–331. -- Show included taxa

Wheeler, W.C. (1997). Sampling, groundplans, total evidence and the systematics of arthropods. In: Fortey, R.A. and Thomas, R.H. (ed.) Arthropod relationships Chapman and Hall, London: 87–95. -- Show included taxa

Wheeler, W.C. & Hayashi, C.Y. (1998). The phylogeny of the extant chelicerate orders. Cladistics 14: 173–192. -- Show included taxa

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

Ballesteros, A., Santibáñez-López, C.E., Kovác, L., Gavish-Regev, E. & Sharma, P.P. (2019). Ordered phylogenomic subsampling enables diagnosis of systematic errors in the placement of the enigmatic arachnid order Palpigradi. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286: e20192426. doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2426 -- Show included taxa

Freeman, J. & Hochberg, R. (2018). Structure and functional morphology of the acid-secreting pygidial glands in the whipscorpion Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas, 1835) (Arachnida: Thelyphonida). Zoomorphology 137: 85-1ß3. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-017-0377-4 -- Show included taxa

Wolff, G.H. & Strausfeld, N.J. (2015). Genealogical correspondence of mushroom bodies across invertebrate phyla. Current Biology 25: 38-44. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.049 -- Show included taxa

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Gallant, J. & Hochberg, R. (2017). Elemental characterization of the exoskeleton in the whipscorpions Mastigoproctus giganteus and Typopeltis dalyi (Arachnida: Thelyphonida). Invertebrate Biology 136(3): 345-359. doi: DOI: 10.1111/ivb.12187 -- Show included taxa

Klußmann-Fricke, B.-J. & Wirkner, C.S. (2016). Comparative morphology of the hemolymph vascular system in Uropygi and Amblypygi (Arachnida): Complex correspondences support Arachnopulmonata. Journal of Morphology 277: 1084-1103. doi: DOI 10.1002/jmor.20559 -- Show included taxa

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Kern, W.H.J & Mitchell, R.E. (2011). Giant whip scorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus giganteus (Lucas, 1835) (Arachnida: Thelyphonida = Uropygi: Thelyphonidae). Institute of Food and Agricultural Sci- ences, University of Florida. DPI Entomology Circular 408: 1-4. -- 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. -- Show included taxa

Punzo, F. (2005a). Neem seed extract containing azadirachtin affects mortality, growth, and immunological function in the whipscorpion Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas) (Arachnida, Uropygi). Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 75: 684-690. -- Show included taxa

Girard, C. (1854). Arachnidians. In: Marcy, G.B., McClellan, G.B., and United States War Department Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852: 233–242 A.O.P. Nicholson: 233-242. -- Show included taxa