Uroproctus is a monotypic genus of Thelyphonid whip scorpions, first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1894.[1] Its single species, Uroproctus assamensis is distributed in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India and Nepal.[2]
Uroproctus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Uropygi |
Family: | Thelyphonidae |
Genus: | Uroproctus Pocock, 1894 |
Species: | U. assamensis
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Binomial name | |
Uroproctus assamensis (Stoliczka, 1869)
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References
edit- ^ Pocock, Reginald Innes (1894). "Notes on the Thelyphonidae contained in the collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 14 (80): 120–134. doi:10.1080/00222939408677779.
- ^ "Uroproctus Pocock, 1894". World Uropygi Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.