Biology:Etienneus

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Short description: Genus of whip scorpions

Etienneus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Uropygi
Family: Thelyphonidae
Genus: Etienneus
Heurtault, 1984
Species:
E. africanus
Binomial name
Etienneus africanus
(Hentschel, 1899)

Etienneus is a monotypic genus of Thelyphonid whip scorpions, first described by Jacqueline Heurtault in 1984.[1] Its single species, Etienneus africanus is distributed in West Africa.[2] It is the only uropygid found in Africa.[3]

References

  1. Heurtault, Jacqueline (1984). "Identité d'Hypoctonus africanus Hentschel et d'Hypoctonus clarki Cooke et Shadab (Arachnides, Uropyges)". Revue Arachnologique 5: 115–123. https://www.european-arachnology.org/esa/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/115-123_Heurtault.pdf. 
  2. "Etienneus Heurtault, 1984". Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/uropygi/species/818. 
  3. Harvey, M.S. (2003c). Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae.

Wikidata ☰ Q18094185 entry