Ravilops
Appearance
Ravilops | |
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Scientific classification | |
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)
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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
[edit]As of October 2022[update], the World Uropygi Catalog accepts the following two species:[2]
- Ravilops kovariki Teruel, 2017 – Dominican Republic
- Ravilops wetherbeei (Armas, 2002) – Dominican Republic
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ravilops Víquez and Armas, 2005". World Uropygi Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.