FUNDus!
Charinides bengalensis Gravely 1911
Name: Charinides bengalensis Gravely 1911 Country / Sea: Asia Type: Paratype Location: India Calcutta Collection name: Chelicerata and Myriapoda Class: Arachnida Order: Amblypygi Family: Charinidae Preparation: alcohol
Collection: Whip spiders/ Amblypygi
The whip spiders are very similar to the real spiders, but they differ from them by an articulated hind body, the flagellate and very long first pairs of legs, and the presence of a "catching basket" of reshaped leg-switches, with whose help small insects are seized. Whip spiders are mainly found in the tropics and belong to the oldest animal groups of all. Of the approximately 200 species worldwide, 10 are represented in the collection by valuable type-material.
Contact:
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change - Hamburg site
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E-mail: D.Harms@leibniz-lib.de
