Thelyphonus

Thelyphonus is the type genus of whip scorpions or 'vinegaroons' in the subfamily Thelyphoninae, with species found in Southeast Asia.

Thelyphonus
Thelyphonus sp. (Malaysia)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Uropygi
Family:	Thelyphonidae
Subfamily:	Thelyphoninae
Genus:	Thelyphonus Latreille, 1802
Type species
Thelyphonus caudatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
45, see text

Species

As of October 2022, the World Uropygi Catalog accepts the following forty-five species:

• Thelyphonus ambonensis (Speijer, 1933) – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus angustus Lucas, 1835 – unknown
• Thelyphonus anthracinus Pocock, 1894 – Malaysia
• Thelyphonus asperatus Thorell, 1888 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus billitonensis Speijer, 1931 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus borneensis Kraepelin, 1897 – Borneo
• Thelyphonus borneonus Haupt, 2009 – Borneo
• Thelyphonus burchardi Kraepelin, 1911 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus caudatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Vietnam, Indonesia
• Thelyphonus celebensis Kraepelin, 1897 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus dammermanni (Speijer, 1933) – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus dicranotarsalis (Rowland, 1973) – Papua New Guinea
• Thelyphonus doriae Thorell, 1888 – Malaysia
• Thelyphonus feuerborni Werner, 1932 – Java
• Thelyphonus florensis (Speijer, 1933) – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus gertschi (Rowland, 1973) – Papua New Guinea
• Thelyphonus grandis Speijer, 1931 – Borneo
• Thelyphonus hansenii Kraeplein, 1897 – Philippines
• Thelyphonus insulanus L.Koch & Keyserling, 1885 – Fiji
• Thelyphonus kinabaluensis Speijer, 1933 – Malaysia
• Thelyphonus klugii Kraepelin, 1897 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus kopsteini (Speijer, 1933) – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus kraepelini Speijer, 1931 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus lawrencei Rowland, 1973 – Solomon Islands
• Thelyphonus leucurus Pocock, 1898 – Solomons
• Thelyphonus linganus C.L.Koch, 1843 – Indonesia, Malaysia
• Thelyphonus lucanoides Butler, 1872 – Indonesia, Sarawak
• Thelyphonus luzonicus Haupt, 2009 – Philippines
• Thelyphonus manilanus C.L. Koch, 1843 – Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand
• Thelyphonus nasutus (Thorell, 1888) – Borneo
• Thelyphonus pococki Tarnani, 1900 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus renschi (Speijer, 1936) – Borneo
• Thelyphonus rohdei (Kraepelin, 1897) – Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
• Thelyphonus samoanus (Kraepelin, 1897) – Samoa
• Thelyphonus schnehagenii Kraepelin, 1897 – Burma
• Thelyphonus semperi Kraepelin, 1897 – Philippines
• Thelyphonus sepiaris Butler, 1873 – India, Sri Lanka
• Thelyphonus seticauda Doleschall, 1857 – Indonesia, Philippines
• Thelyphonus spinimanus Lucas, 1835 – unknown
• Thelyphonus suckii Kraepelin, 1897 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus sumatranus Kraepelin, 1897 – Indonesia
• Thelyphonus tarnanii Pocock, 1894 – Sumatra
• Thelyphonus vanoorti Speijer, 1936 – Philippines
• Thelyphonus wayi Pocock, 1900 – Cambodia
• Thelyphonus willeyi (Pocock, 1898) – Papua New Guinea

External Links & See Also

• List of Thelyphonidae species (includes fossil taxa)
• Media related to Thelyphonus at Wikimedia Commons