Thelyphonidae

Thelyphonidae Temporal range: Aptian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Hypoctonus formosus from Myanmar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Thelyphonida
Family:	Thelyphonidae Lucas, 1835
Subfamilies
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Thelyphonidae^[1] is the sole family in the Thelyphonida order of arachnids.^[2]

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[]

Most genera are currently placed in four recognised subfamilies:

Hypoctoninae[]

Auth.: Pocock, 1899

• Heurtault, 1984
• Hypoctonus Thorell, 1888
• Pocock, 1894
• Pocock, 1894
• Viquez & de Armas, 2005

Mastigoproctinae[]

Auth.: Speijer, 1933

Mastigoproctus colombianus

• Mastigoproctus Pocock, 1894
• Viquez & de Armas, 2006
• Pocock, 1894
• Pocock, 1894
• Viquez & de Armas, 2005

Thelyphoninae[]

Auth.: Lucas, 1835

Thelyphonus sp. (Malaysia)

• Strand, 1928
• Speijer, 1936
• Speijer, 1936
• Rowland, 1973
• Speijer, 1936
• Thorell, 1888
• - monotypic Krehenwinkel, Curio, Tacud & Haupt, 2009
• Thelyphonus Latreille, 1802
• † Cai and Huang, 2017 (Burmese amber, Cenomanian)

Typopeltinae[]

Auth.: Rowland & Cooke, 1973

Typopeltis sp.

• Typopeltis Pocock, 1894

Incertae sedis[]

• † Dunlop, 1998 (Crato Formation, Aptian)

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Thelyphonidae at Wikimedia Commons