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Sheylayongium

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Sheylayongium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Uropygi
Family: Thelyphonidae
Subfamily: Mastigoproctinae
Genus: Sheylayongium
Teruel, 2018
Species:
S. pelegrini
Binomial name
Sheylayongium pelegrini
(Armas, 2000)
Synonyms
  • Mastigoproctus pelegrini Armas, 2000

Sheylayongium is a monotypic genus of Thelyphonid whip scorpions, first described by Rolando Teruel in 2018.[1] Its single species, Sheylayongium pelegrini is distributed in Cuba.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Teruel, Rolando (2018). "The true generic identity of Mastigoproctus pelegrini Armas, 2000: a new genus of Antillean whipscorpions (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae)". Ecologica Montenegrina. 17: 1–13. doi:10.37828/em.2018.17.1.
  2. ^ "Sheylayongium Teruel, 2018". World Uropygi Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.