Charon (arachnid)
| Charon | |
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| Charon grayi from Sulawesi on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Amblypygi |
| Family: | Simon, 1892 |
| Genus: | Karsch, 1879 |
| Species | |
| 6, see text | |
Charon is a genus of whip-spiders from Asia and Australasia, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.[1]
Species
As of August 2023, the World Amblypygi Catalog accepted the following six species:[2]
- Charon dantei Réveillion & Maquart, 2018 — La Réunion
- 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
- ^ Karsch, F. (1879). "Ueber eine neue Eintheilung der Tarantuliden (Phrynidae aut.)". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 45: 189–197.
- ^ "Charon Karsch, 1879". World Amblypygi Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.