''Paracharon'' is a genus of tailless whip scorpion. A single species, ''Paracharon caecus'' has been described. It is endemic to

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...

. An undescribed species is known from Colombia. It is the most basal known living member of Amblypygi, and the only living member of the Palaeoamblypygi, which also includes the genus '' Weygoldtina'' from the Carboniferous of

Euramerica Laurasia () was the more northern of two large landmasses that formed part of the Pangaea supercontinent from around (Mya), the other being Gondwana. It separated from Gondwana (beginning in the late Triassic period) during the breakup of Pa ...

and '' Paracharonopsis'' from

Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', " ...

aged Indian

Cambay amber Cambay, Kambay or Khambhat was a princely state in India during the British Raj. The City of Khambat (Cambay) in present-day Gujarat was its capital. The state was bounded in the north by the Kaira district and in the south by the Gulf of C ...

. Both living species are troglobites, having no eyes, with ''P. caecus'' living in termite nests, while the undescribed Colombian species was found living in a cave.

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Amblypygi Monotypic arachnid genera Arthropods of Africa Animals described in 1921 {{Arachnid-stub