Thelyphonidae

Thelyphonidae
Hypoctonus formosus from Myanmar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Uropygi
Suborder:	Thelyphonida
Family:	Thelyphonidae Lucas, 1835

Thelyphonidae is a family of arachnids. ^[1]

Description

These arachnids can reach a length of 18–85 millimetres (0.71–3.35 in). The body consists of a cephalothorax coated with chitin and of an abdomen divided into 12 segments.

Genera

• Hypoctoninae Pocock, 1899
  • Etienneus Heurtault, 1984
  • Hypoctonus Thorell, 1888
  • Labochirus Pocock, 1894
  • Thelyphonellus Pocock, 1894
  • Ravilops Viquez & de Armas, 2005
• Mastigoproctinae Speijer, 1933
  • Mastigoproctus Pocock, 1894
  • Mayacentrum Viquez & de Armas, 2006
  • Mimoscorpius Pocock, 1894
  • Uroproctus Pocock, 1894
  • Valeriophonus Viquez & de Armas, 2005
• Thelyphoninae Lucas, 1835
  • Abaliella Strand, 1928
  • Chajnus Speijer, 1936
  • Ginosigma Speijer, 1936
  • Glyptogluteus Rowland, 1973
  • Minbosius Speijer, 1936
  • Tetrabalius Thorell, 1888
  • Thelyphonus Latreille, 1802
• Typopeltinae Rowland & Cooke, 1973
  • Typopeltis Pocock, 1894
• sous-famille indéterminée
  • Thelyphonoides Krehenwinkel, Curio, Tacud & Haupt, 2009
  • †Mesoproctus Dunlop, 1998

References

• Lucas, 1835 : Sur une monographie du genre Thélyphone. Magasin de Zoologie, vol. 5, Classe VIII.