Charon (arachnid) explained

Charon is a genus of whip-spiders from Asia and Australasia, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.^[1]

Species

, the World Amblypygi Catalog accepted the following six species:^[2]

• Charon ambreae Réveillion & Maquart, 2018 — Taiwan
• Charon forsteri (Dunn, 1949) — Solomon Islands
• Charon gervaisi Harvey & West, 1998 — Christmas Island
• Charon grayi (Gervais, 1842) — Southeast Asia
• Charon oenpelli Harvey & West, 1998 — Australia
• Charon trebax Harvey & West, 1998 — Australia

Notes and References

1. Karsch . F. . 1879 . Ueber eine neue Eintheilung der Tarantuliden (Phrynidae aut.) . Archiv für Naturgeschichte . 45 . 189–197.
2. Web site: 2023 . Charon Karsch, 1879 . 24 August 2023 . World Amblypygi Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern.