The whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986 is the most speciose and widely
distributed in the arachnid order Amblypygi Thorell, 1883. It comprises three genera and 95 …

The present contribution addresses the phylogeny and biogeography of the pantropical
whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986, the most species-rich in the arachnid order …

Background The resurgence of interest in the comparative developmental study of
chelicerates has led to important insights, such as the discovery of a genome duplication …

Whip spiders (Amblypygi), as their name suggests, resemble spiders (Araneae) in some
aspects, but differ from them by their heart-shaped (prosomal) dorsal shield, their prominent …

Asymmetrical rates of cladogenesis and extinction abound in the Tree of Life, resulting in
numerous minute clades that are dwarfed by larger sister groups. Such taxa are commonly …

Amblypygi are tropical and subtropical ambush predators that use elongated, raptorial
pedipalps for different activities. Although pedipalp use in predation and courtship has been …

Amblypygi Thorell, 1883 has five families, of which Phrynichidae is one of the most diverse
and with a wide geographic distribution. The genera of this family inhabit mostly Africa, India …

The lack of understanding regarding how endogenous and behavioral factors affect the
biological rhythms of amblypygid arachnids in cave environments underscores a gap in …

Abstract Whip spiders (Amblypygi Thorell, 1883) are easily distinguished from their spider
relatives (Araneae Clerck, 1757) by their raptorial pedipalps, the second pair of …

The whip spider (Amblypygi) genus Paraphrynus Moreno, 1940 is distributed from the
southern USA to the Greater Antilles and northern South America. Mexico is the diversity …