Nahual (arachnid)

Nahual
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Schizomida
Family:	Hubbardiidae
Genus:	Nahual ; Monjaraz-Ruedas, Prendini & Francke, 2019
Type species
	Nahual pallidus ; (Rowland, 1975)
Species
	4, see text

Last updated June 27, 2025

Nahual is a genus of hubbardiid short-tailed whipscorpions, first described by Monjaraz-Ruedas, Prendini & Francke in 2019.^[1]

Species

As of September 2022^[update], the World Schizomida Catalog accepts the following four species:^[2]

Nahual bokmai Monjaraz-Ruedas, Prendini & Francke, 2019 – Mexico
Nahual caballero (Monjaraz-Ruedas & Francke, 2018) – Mexico
Nahual lanceolatus (Rowland, 1975) – Mexico
Nahual pallidus (Rowland, 1975) – Mexico

References

↑ Rodrigo Monjaraz-Ruedas, Rodrigo; Prendini, Lorenzo; Francke, Oscar Federico (2019). "Systematics of the short-tailed whipscorpion genus Stenochrus Chamberlin, 1922 (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae), with descriptions of six new genera and five new species". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 2019 (435): 1–91. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.435.1.1. S2CID 196646084.
↑ "Nahual Monjaraz-Ruedas, Prendini and Francke, 2019". World Schizomida Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

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[1] Rodrigo Monjaraz-Ruedas, Rodrigo; Prendini, Lorenzo; Francke, Oscar Federico (2019). "Systematics of the short-tailed whipscorpion genus Stenochrus Chamberlin, 1922 (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae), with descriptions of six new genera and five new species". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 2019 (435): 1–91. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.435.1.1. S2CID 196646084.

[2] "Nahual Monjaraz-Ruedas, Prendini and Francke, 2019". World Schizomida Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

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