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Thelyphonida
Uropygi is an arachnid order comprising invertebrates commonly known as whip scorpions or vinegaroons (also spelled vinegarroons and vinegarones). They are often called uropygids. The name "whip scorpion" refers to their resemblance to true scorpions and possession of a whiplike tail, and "vinegaroon" refers to their ability when attacked to discharge an offensive, vinegar-smelling liquid, which contains acetic acid. The order may also be called Thelyphonida. Both names, Uropygi and Thelyphonida, may be used either in a narrow sense for the order of whip scorpions, or in a broad sense which includes the order Schizomida. Taxonomy Carl Linnaeus first described a whip scorpion in 1758, although he did not distinguish it from what are now regarded as different kinds of arachnid, calling it ''Phalangium caudatum''. '' Phalangium'' is now used as a name for a genus of harvestmen (Opiliones). In 1802, Pierre André Latreille was the first to use a genus name solely for whip scorpions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arachnid
Arachnids are arthropods in the Class (biology), class Arachnida () of the subphylum Chelicerata. Arachnida includes, among others, spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, pseudoscorpions, opiliones, harvestmen, Solifugae, camel spiders, Amblypygi, whip spiders and Uropygi, vinegaroons. Adult arachnids have eight Arthropod leg, legs attached to the cephalothorax. In some species the frontmost pair of legs has converted to a sensory function, while in others, different appendages can grow large enough to take on the appearance of extra pairs of legs. Almost all Extant taxon, extant arachnids are terrestrial animal, terrestrial, living mainly on land. However, some inhabit freshwater environments and, with the exception of the pelagic zone, marine environments as well. They comprise over 110,000 named species, of which 51,000 are species of spiders. The term is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek word (''aráchnē'', 'spider'), from the myth of the hubristic human weaver Arachne, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typopeltis
''Typopeltis'' is an Asian genus of whip scorpions or 'vinegaroons' and currently the only member of subfamily Typopeltinae. Species , the World Uropygi Catalog accepts the following thirteen species: * '' Typopeltis cantonensis'' Speijer, 1936 – China * '' Typopeltis crucifer'' Pocock, 1894 – Japan, Taiwan * '' Typopeltis dalyi'' Pocock, 1900 – Thailand * '' Typopeltis guangxiensis'' Haupt & Song, 1996 – China * '' Typopeltis harmandi'' Kraepelin, 1900 – Vietnam * '' Typopeltis kasnakowi'' Tarnani, 1900 – Thailand * '' Typopeltis laurentianus'' Seraphim, Giupponi & Miranda, 2019 – Vietnam * '' Typopeltis magnificus'' Haupt, 2004 – Laos * '' Typopeltis niger'' (Tarnani, 1894) – China * '' Typopeltis soidaoensis'' Haupt, 1996 – Thailand, Vietnam * '' Typopeltis stimpsonii'' (Wood, 1862) – Japan * '' Typopeltis tarnanii'' Pocock, 1902 – Thailand * '' Typopeltis vanoorti'' (Speijer, 1936) – China Gallery File:Typopeltis crucifer 235928351.jpg, '' Typop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelyphonus
''Thelyphonus'' is the type genus of whip scorpions or 'vinegaroons' in the subfamily Thelyphoninae, with species found in Southeast Asia. Species , the World Uropygi Catalog accepts the following forty-five species: * '' Thelyphonus ambonensis'' (Speijer, 1933) – Indonesia * ''Thelyphonus angustus'' Lucas, 1835 – unknown * '' Thelyphonus anthracinus'' Pocock, 1894 – Malaysia * '' Thelyphonus asperatus'' Thorell, 1888 – Indonesia * '' Thelyphonus billitonensis'' Speijer, 1931 – Indonesia * '' Thelyphonus borneensis'' Kraepelin, 1897 – Borneo * '' Thelyphonus borneonus'' Haupt, 2009 – Borneo * '' Thelyphonus burchardi'' Kraepelin, 1911 – Indonesia * ''Thelyphonus caudatus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – Vietnam, Indonesia * '' Thelyphonus celebensis'' Kraepelin, 1897 – Indonesia * '' Thelyphonus dammermanni'' (Speijer, 1933) – Indonesia * '' Thelyphonus dicranotarsalis'' (Rowland, 1973) – Papua New Guinea * '' Thelyphonus doriae'' Thorell, 1888 – Malaysia * '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schizomida
Schizomida, also known as sprickets or short-tailed whip-scorpions, is an order of arachnids, generally less than in length. The order is not yet widely studied. E. O. Wilson has identified schizomids as among the "groups of organisms that desperately need experts to work on them." Taxonomy Schizomids are grouped into three families: * Calcitronidae † (fossil; dubious) * Hubbardiidae * Protoschizomidae (2 genera, 15 species) **'' Agastoschizomus'' ** '' Protoschizomus'' About 300 species of schizomids have been described worldwide, most belonging to the Hubbardiidae family. A systematic review including a full catalogue may be found in Reddell & Cokendolpher (1995). The Schizomida is sister to the order Uropygi, the two clades together forming the Thelyphonida (in the broad sense of the name). Based on molecular clock dates, both orders likely originated in the late Carboniferous somewhere in the tropics of Pangea, and the Schizomida underwent substantial diversificat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedipalpi
Tetrapulmonata is a non-ranked supra-ordinal clade of arachnids. It is composed of the extant orders Uropygi (whip scorpions), Schizomida (short-tailed whip scorpions), Amblypygi (tail-less whip scorpions) and Araneae (spiders). It is the only supra-ordinal group of arachnids that is strongly supported in molecular phylogenetic studies. Two extinct orders are also placed in this clade, Haptopoda and Uraraneida. In 2016, a newly described fossil arachnid, ''Idmonarachne'', was also included in the Tetrapulmonata; it has not been assigned to an order. Etymology It receives its name from the presence of paired book lungs occupying the second and third opisthosomal segments, although the posterior pair is absent in Schizomida and most araneomorph spiders. Previous synonyms of this lineage are rejected; "Caulogastra Pocock, 1893" refers to pedicel, which is symplesiomorphic for the lineage and convergent with Solifugae, and "Arachnidea Van der Hammen, 1977" is easily confused ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amblypygi
Amblypygi is an order of arachnids also known as whip-spiders or tailless whip-scorpions, not to be confused with whip-scorpions or vinegaroons that belong to the related order Thelyphonida. The name "amblypygid" means "blunt tail", a reference to a lack of the flagellum that is otherwise seen in whip-scorpions. Amblypygids possess no silk glands or venom. They rarely bite if threatened but can grab fingers with their pedipalps, resulting in thorn-like puncture-injuries. As of 2023, five families, 17 genera, and around 260 species had been discovered and described. They are found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, mainly in warm and humid environments. They like to stay protected and hidden within leaf litter, caves, or underneath bark. Some species are subterranean; all are nocturnal. Fossilized amblypygids have been found dating back to the Carboniferous period, such as '' Weygoldtina''. Description Body-plan Being arachnids, Amblypygi possess two body-segm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journal Of Biogeography
The ''Journal of Biogeography'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1974. It covers aspects of spatial, ecological, and historical biogeography. The founding editor-in-chief was David Watts, followed by John Flenley (1936–2018), Philip Stott (1987-2004), Robert J. Whittaker (2004–2015), and Peter Linder (University of Zurich; 2015–2019). As of early 2023, the editor-in-chief was Michael N Dawson (University of California, Merced). Since 2024, the journal has changed its editorial board The editorial board is a group of editors, writers, and other people who are charged with implementing a publication's approach to editorials and other opinion pieces. The editorials published normally represent the views or goals of the publicat ..., and the new senior editors are Arley Muth, Luciano Bosso, Alison Nazareno, and Diogo Provete. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in: References External links * {{DEFAULTSO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pangaea
Pangaea or Pangea ( ) was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It assembled from the earlier continental units of Gondwana, Euramerica and Siberia during the Carboniferous period approximately 335 million years ago, and began to break apart about 200 million years ago, at the end of the Triassic and beginning of the Jurassic. Pangaea was C-shaped, with the bulk of its mass stretching between Earth's northern and southern polar regions and surrounded by the superocean Panthalassa and the Paleo-Tethys and subsequent Tethys Oceans. Pangaea is the most recent supercontinent to have existed and was the first to be reconstructed by geologists. Origin of the concept The name "Pangaea" is derived from Ancient Greek ''pan'' (, "all, entire, whole") and '' Gaia'' or Gaea (, " Mother Earth, land"). The first to suggest that the continents were once joined and later separated may have been Abraham Ortelius in 1596. The concept that the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous ( ) is a Geologic time scale, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era that spans 60 million years, from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Permian Period, Ma. It is the fifth and penultimate period of the Paleozoic era and the fifth period of the Phanerozoic eon (geology), eon. In North America, the Carboniferous is often treated as two separate geological periods, the earlier Mississippian (geology), Mississippian and the later Pennsylvanian (geology), Pennsylvanian. The name ''Carboniferous'' means "coal-bearing", from the Latin ("coal") and ("bear, carry"), and refers to the many coal beds formed globally during that time. The first of the modern "system" names, it was coined by geologists William Conybeare (geologist), William Conybeare and William Phillips (geologist), William Phillips in 1822, based on a study of the British rock succession. Carboniferous is the per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubbardiidae
Hubbardiidae is a family (biology), family of arachnids, superficially resembling spiders. It is the larger of the two extant families of the Order (biology), order, Schizomida, and is divided into two subfamily, subfamilies. The family is based on the description published by Orator F. Cook in 1899. The American Arachnological Society assigns the common name hubbardiid shorttailed whipscorpion to members of this family. Genera , the ''World Schizomida Catalog'' accepted the following seventy-six genera: *''Adisomus'' Cokendolpher & Reddell, 2000 *''Afrozomus'' Reddell & Cokendolpher, 1995 *''Ambulantactus'' Monjaraz-Ruedas, Prendini & Francke, 2019 *''Anepsiozomus'' Harvey, 2001 *''Antillostenochrus'' Armas & Teruel, 2002 *''Apozomus'' Harvey, 1992 *''Artacarus'' Cook, 1899 *''Attenuizomus'' Harvey, 2000 *''Baalrog'' Monjaraz-Ruedas, Prendini & Francke, 2019 *''Bamazomus'' Harvey, 1992 *''Belicenochrus'' Armas & Víquez, 2010 *''Brignolizomus'' Harvey, 2000 *''Bucinozomus'' Arma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
