Biology:Ravilops

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Short description: Genus of whip scorpions

Ravilops
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Uropygi
Family: Thelyphonidae
Genus: Ravilops
Víquez & Armas, 2005
Type species
Ravilops wetherbeei
(Armas, 2002)
Species

2, see text

Ravilops is a genus of thelyphonid whip scorpions, first described by Víquez and Armas in 2005.[1] Both species are endemic to the Dominican Republic, on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.

Species

(As of October 2022), the World Uropygi Catalog accepts the following two species:[2]

  • Ravilops kovariki Teruel, 2017 – Dominican Republic
  • Ravilops wetherbeei (Armas, 2002) – Dominican Republic

References

  1. Viquez, Carlos; Armas, Luis F. (2005). "Dos neuvos géneros de vinagrillos de Centroamérica y las Antillas (Arachnida: Thelyphonida)". Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 37: 95–98. 
  2. "Ravilops Víquez and Armas, 2005". Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/uropygi/species/841. 

Wikidata ☰ Q18094188 entry