Title
On the African whip scorpion, Etienneus africanus (Hentschel, 1899) (Thelyphonida, Thelyphonidae), with a redescription based on new material from Guinea-Bissau and Senegal
Title Variants
Alternative:
Redescription of Etienneus africanus
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3658
By
Huff, Jeremy C.
Prendini, Lorenzo
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c2009
Notes
Caption title.
"August 28, 2009."
An illustrated redescription of the monotypic African whip scorpion, Etienneus africanus (Hentschel, 1899), is provided based on examination of material newly collected in Guinea-Bissau and Senegal, as well as material from the Gambia, Guinea and Senegal studied by previous workers. The species is reported for the first time from Guinea-Bissau. Several character systems are documented in this species for the first time, new characters that appear to be autapomorphic are described, and notes on its natural history provided. The phylogenetic position of E. africanus is discussed, supporting the opinion that it is a Gondwana relict, most closely related to the Neotropical hypoctonine genera, Thelyphonellus Pocock, 1894 and Ravilops Viquez and Armas, 2005.
Subjects
Arachnida
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Classification
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Etienneus africanus
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Gambia
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Guinea-Bissau
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Phylogeny
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Senegal
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Thelyphonidae
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Whip scorpions
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3658 2009
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
435532517
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