Species list, Checklist of Order Uropygi (Uropygids) for West Africa (Africa)

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Checklist for Order Uropygi O. P-Cambridge, 1872 (Uropygids)
and region West Africa (Africa)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	215 877 2155	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	190 755 1907	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Megoperculata Börner, 1902	56 451 1280	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Uropygi O. P-Cambridge, 1872 Uropygids, Vinegaroons, Whip scorpion, Whip scorpions	2 4 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for West Africa
2 Families width 7 Species

Hubbardiidae Cook, 1899	Hubbardiid shorttailed whipscorpions	4	Species	Taxom
Thelyphonidae Lucas, 1835		3	Species	Taxom

Genera for West Africa
4 Genera with 7 Species

Species list for West Africa
7 Species

Artacarus liberiensis Cook, 1899	Pygmy talussnail
Etienneus africanus Heurtault, 1984
Hypoctonus africanus Hentschel, 1899
Hypoctonus clarki Cooke & Shadah, 1973
Schizomus africanus Hansen, 1905
Schizomus brevicaudus Hansen, 1921
Schizomus parvus Hansen, 1921

Subnodes of Uropygi with occurrences in West Africa

Suborder	Schizomida Petrunkevitch, 1945 micro-whip scorpions, Schizomids, short-tailed whip scorpions, short-tailed whip-scorpion, Short-tailed Whipscorpions, shorttailed whipscorpions, Whip Spiders	1 2 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Thelyphonida Latreille, 1804 Vinegaroons, Whip Scorpions	1 2 3	Family Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Uropygi at museum.wa.gov.au
Uropygi at gbif.org
Uropygi at irmng.org
Uropygi at itis.gov