Species list, Checklist of Order Amblypygi (Amblypygids) for Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)

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Checklist for Order Amblypygi Thorell, 1883 (Amblypygids)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	173 628 1291	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	150 540 1112	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Megoperculata Börner, 1902	60 314 670	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Amblypygi Thorell, 1883 Amblypygids, Tail-less whip scorpions, Whip scorpions	2 4 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Papua New Guinea
2 Families width 8 Species

Charontidae Simon, 1892		7	Species	Taxom
Phrynichidae Simon, 1892		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Papua New Guinea
4 Genera with 8 Species

Species list for Papua New Guinea
8 Species

Charinus papuanus Weygoldt, 2006
Charon grayi Gervais, 1842	Giant whip-spider
Charon papuanus (Thorell, 1888)	⇒ Damon diadema Simon, 1873
Damon diadema Simon, 1873	Tailless whip scorpion
Sarax monodenticulatus Rahmadi & Ko..., 2010
Sarax newbritainensis Rahmadi & Ko..., 2010
Sarax sarawakensis Thorell, 1888
Sarax willeyi Simon, 1892

Subnodes of Amblypygi with occurrences in Papua New Guinea

Suborder

2
4
8

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Species

Links, sources and further information

Amblypygi at museum.wa.gov.au
Amblypygi at biodiversity.org.au
Amblypygi at gbif.org
Amblypygi at itis.gov