AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Family Charontidae Simon, 1892
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
270
1110
2490
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
232
968
2182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
75
552
1385
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amblypygi
Thorell, 1883
Amblypygids, Tail-less whip scorpions, Whip scorpions
3
6
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Euamblypygi
Weygoldt, 1996
3
6
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Neoamblypygi
Weygoldt, 1996
3
6
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Charontoidea
Simon, 1892
1
4
13
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCharontidae
Simon, 1892
4
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Melanesia
4 Genera with 13 Species
Charinus Simon, 194910SpeciesTaxom
Charon Karsch, 18883SpeciesTaxom
Sarax Simon, 18924SpeciesTaxom
Stygophrynus Kraepelin, 19491SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
13 Species and 5 Subspecies
Charinus australianus L. Koch, 1867
Charinus australianus australianus L. Koch, 1867
Charinus australianus cavernicola Weygoldt, 2006
Charinus australianus cavernicolus Weygoldt, 2006
Charinus australianus elegans Weygoldt, 2006
Charinus australianus longipes Weygoldt, 2006
Charinus neocaledonicus Simon, 1895
Charinus papuanus Weygoldt, 2006
Charinus pecki Weygoldt, 2006
Charinus pescotti Dunn, 1949
Charon forsteri Dunn, 1949
Charon grayi Gervais, 1842Giant whip-spider
Charon papuanus (Thorell, 1888)⇒ Damon diadema Simon, 1873
Sarax monodenticulatus Rahmadi & Ko..., 2010
Sarax newbritainensis Rahmadi & Ko..., 2010
Sarax sarawakensis Thorell, 1888
Sarax willeyi Simon, 1892
Stygophrynus (Neocharon) forsteri Dunn, 1949


Links, sources and further information
Charontidae at biodiversity.org.au
Charontidae at gbif.org
Charontidae at irmng.org
Charontidae at itis.gov