Paracharontidae Explained
Paracharontidae is an arachnid family within the order Amblypygi (tailless whip scorpions).[1] Paracharontidae and the extinct Weygoldtinidae from the Carboniferous form the suborder Paleoamblypygi, the sister group to the remaining Amblypygi.[2] The family contains two genera: Paracharon, containing the single species Paracharon caecus Hansen, 1921 from Guinea-Bissau in West Africa, and Jorottui with the single species Jorottui ipuanai from Colombia in northern South America.[3] [4] Paracharonopsis from the Eocene (Ypresian) aged Cambay amber of India was initially assigned to this family[5] but this was later questioned and it has since been reassigned to Euamblypygi.[6] Both living species are troglobites, having no eyes, with P. caecus living in termite nests, while J. ipuanai inhabits caves.
Notes and References
- Harvey, M.S. 2003. Order Amblypygi. pp. 59–99 in, Catalogue of the Smaller Arachnid Orders of the World: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing. 385 pp.
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- Moreno-González . Jairo A. . Gutierrez-Estrada . Miguel . Prendini . Lorenzo . 2023-06-28 . Systematic Revision of the Whip Spider Family Paracharontidae (Arachnida: Amblypygi) with Description of a New Troglobitic Genus and Species from Colombia . American Museum Novitates . 4000 . 10.1206/4000.1 . 259275494 . 0003-0082.
- Engel . Michael S. . Grimaldi . David A . 2014-08-06 . Whipspiders (Arachnida: Amblypygi) in amber from the Early Eocene and mid-Cretaceous, including maternal care . Novitates Paleoentomologicae . 9 . 1 . 10.17161/np.v0i9.4765 . 2329-5880. free . 1808/15287 . free .
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