Weygoldtia

Not to be confused with extinct tailless whip scorpion genus, Weygoldtina.
Weygoldtia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Amblypygi
Family: Charinidae
Genus: Weygoldtia
Miranda, Giupponi, Prendini & Scharff, 2018
Type species
Weygoldtia davidovi
(Fage, 1946)
Species

3, see text

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.[1][2]

Species

As of October 2022, there are three species in this genus, all distributed in Southeast Asia.[3]

References

  1. ^ de Miranda, Gustavo Silva; Giupponi, Alessandro P. L.; Prendini, Lorenzo; Scharff, Nikolaj (March 1, 2018). "Weygoldtia, a new genus of Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi) with a reappraisal of the genera in the family". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 273: 23–32. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2018.02.003 – via ScienceDirect.
  2. ^ Miranda, Gustavo Silva de; Giupponi, Alessandro P. L.; Prendini, Lorenzo; Scharff, Nikolaj (September 24, 2021). "Systematic revision of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi)". European Journal of Taxonomy (772): 1–409. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.772.1505. S2CID 244200264 – via europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu.
  3. ^ "WAC - Amblypygi". wac.nmbe.ch.


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