Jorottui is a genus of amblypygid containing a single species, Jorottui ipuanai. It is endemic to Colombia, being first collected from caves in the Upper Camarones river basin. It is one of two genera within the family Paracharontidae, the other being Paracharon from Guinea-Bissau in West Africa. J. ipuanai is troglobitic, living only in caves and lacking eyes. Like Paracharon, the pedipalps of Jorottui fold vertically upwards, rather than horizontally in front of the body. It was described in 2023.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Amblypygi |
| Family: | Paracharontidae |
| Genus: | Jorottui Moreno-González et al, 2023 |
| Species: | J. ipuanai
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| Jorottui ipuanai Moreno-González et al, 2023
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References
edit- ^ Moreno-González, Jairo A.; Gutierrez-Estrada, Miguel; Prendini, Lorenzo (28 June 2023). "Systematic Revision of the Whip Spider Family Paracharontidae (Arachnida: Amblypygi) with Description of a New Troglobitic Genus and Species from Colombia" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (4000): 1–36. doi:10.1206/4000.1. ISSN 0003-0082. S2CID 259275494.
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