| Catageus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Amblypygi |
| Family: | Charontidae |
| Genus: | Catageus Thorell, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Catageus pusillus Thorell, 1889 | |
| Species | |
9, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Catageus is a genus of amblypygids of the family Charontidae. [1]
As of October 2022 [update] , there are 8 species in this genus. [2] [3]
Amblypygi is an order of arachnid chelicerate arthropods also known as whip spiders or tailless whip scorpions. The name "amblypygid" means "blunt tail", a reference to a lack of the flagellum that is otherwise seen in whip scorpions. Amblypygids possess no silk glands or venomous fangs. They rarely bite if threatened, but can grab fingers with their pedipalps, resulting in thorn-like puncture injuries.
Uropygi is an arachnid order comprising invertebrates commonly known as whip scorpions or vinegaroons. They are often called uropygids. The name "whip scorpion" refers to their resemblance to true scorpions and possession of a whiplike tail, and "vinegaroon" refers to their ability when attacked to discharge an offensive, vinegar-smelling liquid, which contains acetic acid. The order may also be called Thelyphonida. Both names, Uropygi and Thelyphonida, may be used either in a narrow sense for the order of whip scorpions, or in a broad sense which includes the order Schizomida.
Plesiosiro is an extinct arachnid genus known exclusively from nine specimens from the Upper Carboniferous of Coseley, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. The genus is monotypic, represented only by the species Plesiosiro madeleyi described by Reginald Innes Pocock in his important 1911 monograph on British Carboniferous arachnids. It is the only known member of the order Haptopoda.
Dyspnoi is a suborder of harvestmen, currently comprising 43 extant genera and 356 extant species, although more species are expected to be described in the future. The eight families are currently grouped into three superfamilies: the Acropsopilionoidea, Ischyropsalidioidea, and Troguloidea.
Ischyropsalididae is a family of harvestmen with 31 described species in 3 genera, found in Europe and North America.
Charinidae is an arachnid family within the order of tailless whip scorpions. The family is monophyletic and contains three genera: Weygoldtia is sister to a monophyletic group comprising Charinus and Sarax, neither of which are reciprocally monophyletic.
Phrynus marginemaculatus is a species of amblypygid found in southern Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola. They are nocturnal predators that hide during the day in small retreats.
Phrynus is a genus of whip spiders found in tropical and subtropical regions, mostly in the new world.
Paraphrynus is a genus of whip spiders, also known as tailless whip scorpions, of the family Phrynidae. It is distributed from the southwestern United States to Central America, including several Caribbean islands. Most species are endemic to Mexico.
Sarax is a genus of amblypygids of the family Charinidae.
Acanthophrynus is a genus of tailless whipscorpions in the family Phrynidae. There is at least one described species in Acanthophrynus, A. coronatus.
Phrynichus is a genus of tailless whipscorpions in the family Phrynichidae. There are about 16 described species in Phrynichus.
Holoscotolemon is a genus of armoured harvestmen in the family Cladonychiidae. There are about eight described species in Holoscotolemon, found in Europe.
Travunia is a genus of harvestman in the family Travuniidae. There are about five described species in Travunia. They are found in caves in the southern Dinaric Karst region of Balkan Europe.
Burmese amber is fossil resin dating to the early Late Cretaceous Cenomanian age recovered from deposits in the Hukawng Valley of northern Myanmar. It is known for being one of the most diverse Cretaceous age amber paleobiotas, containing rich arthropod fossils, along with uncommon vertebrate fossils and even rare marine inclusions. A mostly complete list of all taxa described up until 2018 can be found in Ross 2018; its supplement Ross 2019b covers most of 2019.
Weygoldtina is an extinct genus of tailless whip scorpion known from Carboniferous period, and the only known member of the family Weygoldtinidae. It is known from two species described from North America and England and originally described in the genus Graeophonus, which is now considered a nomen dubium.
Charinus is a genus of amblypygids of the family Charinidae.
Weygoldtia is a genus of amblypygids of the family Charinidae, described in 2018 by Gustavo Silva de Miranda, Alessandro P.L. Giupponi, Lorenzo Prendini and Nikolaj Scharff. The genus is named after the German arachnologist Peter Weygoldt, in recognition of his contributions to the study of Amblypygi.
Paracharontidae is an arachnid family within the order Amblypygi. Paracharontidae and the extinct Weygoldtinidae from the Carboniferous form the suborder Paleoamblypygi, the sister group to the remaining Amblypygi. The family contains two genera: The extinct Paracharonopsis Engel and Grimaldi, 2014 from the Eocene (Ypresian) aged Cambay amber of India, and Paracharon, with two extant species: Paracharon caecus Hansen, 1921 from Guinea-Bissau in West Africa, and an undescribed species from Colombia in northern South America. The placement of Paracharonopsis within the family has been questioned by some authors, who suggest that the genus may be more closely related to Euamblypygi.