Charon_(genus)

<i>Charon</i> (arachnid)

Charon (arachnid)

Genus of whip-spiders

For other uses, see Charon (disambiguation).

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

Quick Facts Charon, Scientific classification ...

Species

As of August 2023, 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

References

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


Stub icon

This arachnid-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Charon_(genus), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.