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Genus of whip scorpions

Etienneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. Its single species, Etienneus africanus is distributed in West Africa. It is the only uropygid found in Africa.

References

  1. Heurtault, Jacqueline (1984). "Identité d'Hypoctonus africanus Hentschel et d'Hypoctonus clarki Cooke et Shadab (Arachnides, Uropyges)" (PDF). Revue Arachnologique. 5: 115–123.
  2. "Etienneus Heurtault, 1984". World Uropygi Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  3. Harvey, M.S. (2003c). Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae.
Taxon identifiers
Etienneus
Etienneus africanus
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