Weygoldtia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Amblypygi |
| Family: | Charinidae |
| Genus: | Weygoldtia Miranda, Giupponi, Prendini & Scharff, 2018 |
| Type species | |
| Weygoldtia davidovi (Fage, 1946)
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Weygoldtia is a genus of amblypygids of the family Charinidae, described in 2018 by Gustavo Silva de Miranda, Alessandro P.L. Giupponi, Lorenzo Prendini and Nikolaj Scharff. The genus is named after the German arachnologist Peter Weygoldt, in recognition of his contributions to the study of Amblypygi.[1][2]
Species
[edit]As of October 2022[update], there are three species in this genus, all distributed in Southeast Asia.[3]
- Weygoldtia consonensis Miranda, Giupponi, Prendini & Scharff, 2021 – Vietnam
- Weygoldtia davidovi (Fage, 1946) – Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
- Weygoldtia hainanensis Zhu, Li & He, 2021 – China
References
[edit]- ^ de Miranda, Gustavo Silva; Giupponi, Alessandro P. L.; Prendini, Lorenzo; Scharff, Nikolaj (March 1, 2018). "Weygoldtia, a new genus of Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi) with a reappraisal of the genera in the family". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 273: 23–32. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2018.02.003 – via ScienceDirect.
- ^ Miranda, Gustavo Silva de; Giupponi, Alessandro P. L.; Prendini, Lorenzo; Scharff, Nikolaj (September 24, 2021). "Systematic revision of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi)". European Journal of Taxonomy (772): 1–409. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.772.1505. S2CID 244200264 – via europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu.
- ^ "WAC - Amblypygi". wac.nmbe.ch.
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