Charinus (Simon, 1892) é o maior gênero da ordem Amblypygi. Geralmente são indivíduos pequenos (de 1 a 3 cm) e podem ser encontrados em florestas, cavernas e na cidade. No Brasil 21 espécies de Charinus já foram descritas nos estados da Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia e São Paulo .
Espécies Charinus (Simon, 1892) C. abbatei Delle Cave, 1986 - Somalia C. acaraje Pinto-da-Rocha, Machado & Weygoldt, 2002 - Brasil, Bahia C. acosta (Quintero, 1983) - Cuba C. africanus Hansen, 1921 - Guniné Equatorial, São Tomé e Príncipe C. asturius Pinto-da-Rocha, Machado & Weygoldt, 2002 - Brasil, São Paulo C. australianus (L. Koch, 1867) - Fiji, Nova Caledonia, Vanuatu, Oeste de Samoa C. bengalensis (Gravely, 1911) - India C. bichuetteae Giupponi & Miranda, 2016 - Brasil, Pará C. bonaldoi Giupponi & Miranda, 2016 - Brasil, Pará C. bordoni (Ravelo, 1975) - Venezuela C. brasilianus Weygoldt, 1972 - Brasil, Espírito Santo C. brescoviti Giupponi & Miranda, 2016 - Brasil, Amazonas C. bromeliaea Jocque & Giupponi, 2012 - Guiana Francesa C. bruneti Teruel & Quest, 2011 - Saint Barthélemy C. camachoi (González-Sponga, 1998) - Venezuela C. catingae Vasconcelos & Ferreira, 2016 - Brasil, Bahia C. carajas Giupponi & Miranda, 2016 - Brasil, Pará C. caribensis (Quintero, 1986) - Jamaica. C. centralis Armas & Ávila Calvo, 2000 - Cuba C. cubensis (Quintero, 1983) - Cuba C. decu (Quintero, 1983) - Cuba C. dhofarensis Weygoldt, Pohl and Polak, 2002 C. dominicanus Armas & González, 2002 C. eleonorae Baptista & Giupponi, 2003 - Brasil, Bahia C. fagei Weygoldt, 1972 C. ferreus Giupponi & Miranda, 2016 - Brasil, Pará C. gertschi Goodnight & Goodnight, 1946 C. guto Giupponi & Miranda, 2016 - Brasil, Pará C. insularis Banks, 1902 - Ilhas Galápagos, Peru C. ioanniticus (Kritscher, 1959) C. iuiu Vasconcelos & Ferreira, 2016 - Brasil, Bahia C. jiboassu Vasconcelos, Giupponi & Ferreira, 2014 - Brasil, Minas Gerais C. koepckei Weygoldt, 1972 - Peru C. madagascariensis Fage, 1954 - Madagascar C. milloti Fage, 1939 C. montanus Weygoldt, 1972 - Brasil, Espírito Santo C. muchmorei Armas & Teruel, 1997 C. mysticus Giupponi & Kury, 2002 - Brasil, Bahia C. neocaledonicus Simon, 1895 - Nova Caledônia C. omanensis Delle Cave, Gardner & Weygoldt 2009 - Oman C. orientalis Giupponi & Miranda, 2016 - Brasil, Pará C. pakistanus Weygoldt, 2005 C. papuanus Weygoldt, 2006 C. pardillalensis (González-Sponga, 1998) C. pecki Weygoldt, 2006 C. perezassoi Armas, 2012 - Porto Rico C. pescotti Dunn 1949 C. platnicki (Quintero 1986) C. potiguar Vasconcelos, Giupponi & Ferreira, 2013 - Brasil, Rio Grande do Norte C. quinteroiWeygoldt, 2002 C. ricardoi Giupponi & Miranda, 2016 - Brasil, Amazonas C. schirchii (Mello-Leitão, 1931) - Brasil, Rio de Janeiro C. seychellarum Kraepelin 1898 C. sillami Réveillion & Maquart, 2015 - French Guiana C. socotranus Weygoldt, Pohl & Polak, 2002 C. stygochthobius Weygoldt and Van Damme, 2004 C. tomasmicheli Armas, 2007 C. troglobius Baptista & Giupponi, 2002 - Brasil, Bahia C. tronchonii (Ravelo, 1975) C. victori Armas, 2010 - Porto Rico C. vulgaris Miranda & Giupponi, 2011 - Brasil, Rondônia C. wanlessi Simon, 1892
Bibliografia Harvey, M.S., 2003. Catalogue of the Smaller Arachnid Orders of the World – Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Sollfugae. Csiro Publishing, Collingwood, Australia, 385 pp. Miranda, G.S. & Giupponi, A.P.L. (2011) A new synonthropic species of Charinus Simon, 1892 from Brazilian Amazonia and notes on the genus (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae). Zootaxa, 2980, 61–68. Giupponi, A.P.L., Miranda G.S. (2016) Eight New Species of Charinus Simon, 1892 (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae) Endemic for the Brazilian Amazon, with Notes on Their Conservational Status. PLoS ONE 11(2): e0148277. Vasconcelos A.C.O., Ferreira R.L. (2016) Description of two new species of Charinus Simon, 1892 from Brazilian caves with remarks on conservation (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae). Zootaxa, 4072 (2): 185–202.
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