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

Mastigoproctus spinifemoratus Castro-Pereira, Pinto-da-Rocha & Prendini, 2025

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Mastigoproctus spinifemoratus

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:4583e078-fc59-4cfa-9918-f80e86dba93f

Taxonomic references

Mastigoproctus spinifemoratus Castro-Pereira, Pinto-da-Rocha & Prendini:

Castro-Pereira, Pinto-da-Rocha and Prendini, 2025: 3-9, Figs 2-6, Table 2; Map Fig. 1 original description

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: North America

Mexico Tamaulipas & Nuevo León
Type locality: Miquihuana Municipality: El Puerto, along logging road E of Miquihuana, on ridge SE of Cerro Peña Nevada

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 23.533333 -99.816667
Type repository
  • Holotype California Academy of Sciences (CAS), San Francisco, CA, USA 1♂ (no registration number)
  • Paratype California Academy of Sciences (CAS), San Francisco, CA, USA 2 juveniles (no registration number)
References

Castro-Pereira, D., Pinto-da-Rocha, R. & Prendini, L. (2025). Mastigoproctus spinifemoratus, a New Species of Giant Vinegaroon (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae) from Mexico. Arthropoda 3(2): 1-10. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/arthropoda3010002 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-08-20 Taxonomic reference update Castro-Pereira, Pinto-da-Rocha and Prendini, 2025
2026-08-20 New taxonomic reference entry
2026-08-20 New species inserted