Charinus santandereanus
| Charinus santandereanus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Amblypygi |
| Family: | Charinidae |
| Genus: | Charinus |
| Species: | C. santandereanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Charinus santandereanus Villareal et al., 2025 | |
Charinus santandereanus is a species of whipspider found in Colombia. The type specimens of this species, two females, were collected from the aphotic zone of a wet cave in the Santander Department, Colombia.[1] The species is known only from the cave in which the type specimens were found.
Description
[edit]The median pair of eyes present in most amblypygi[2] is absent in C. santandereanus, with only the lateral eyes present. Lack of median eyes differentiates it from other Colombian Charinus species, while it can be separated from the most morphologically similar congener in Venezuela that also lacks median eyes by the arrangement of spines on its pedipalps.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Villarreal, Osvaldo; Delgado-Santa, Leonardo; Lasso, Carlos A. (2025-05-19). "Whip spiders (Arachnida, Amblypigi) from Colombian Caves: A review, new records and description of a new species". Subterranean Biology. 52: 1–28. doi:10.3897/subtbiol.52.150357. ISSN 1314-2615.
- ↑ Lehmann, Tobias; Melzer, Roland R. (December 2018). "Also looking like Limulus? – retinula axons and visual neuropils of Amblypygi (whip spiders)". Frontiers in Zoology. 15 (1) 52. doi:10.1186/s12983-018-0293-6. ISSN 1742-9994. PMC 6299927. PMID 30574172.
External links
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