Etienneus is a monotypic genus of Thelyphonid whip scorpions, first described by Jacqueline Heurtault in 1984.[1] Its single species, Etienneus africanus is distributed in West Africa.[2] It is the only uropygid found in Africa.[3]
| Etienneus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Uropygi |
| Family: | Thelyphonidae |
| Genus: | Etienneus Heurtault, 1984 |
| Species: | E. africanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Etienneus africanus (Hentschel, 1899)
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References
edit- ^ Heurtault, Jacqueline (1984). "Identité d'Hypoctonus africanus Hentschel et d'Hypoctonus clarki Cooke et Shadab (Arachnides, Uropyges)" (PDF). Revue Arachnologique. 5: 115–123.
- ^ "Etienneus Heurtault, 1984". World Uropygi Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ Harvey, M.S. (2003c). Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae.
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