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Genus of whip scorpions

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. Its single species, Sheylayongium pelegrini is distributed in Cuba.

References

  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.
Taxon identifiers
Sheylayongium
Mastigoproctus pelegrini
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