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6 IV 2018 : New species.

The species Paraphrynus maya was described from Guatemala.
Armas, L. F. de, Trujillo, R. E. & Agreda, E. O. 2017. Nueva especie de Paraphrynus (Amblypygi, Phrynidae) de Guatemala. Revista Ibérica de Aracnologia 31: 49-54.

5 XII 2017 : New species.

The species Phrynus purepechas was described from Mexico and Charinus martinicensis from West indies.
Armas, L. F. de, Quijano-Ravell, A. F. & Ponce-Saavedra, J. 2017. Una nueva especie de Phrynus del occidente de México y nuevas localidades para algunos amblipigios de Michoacan y Guerrero (Amblypygi: Phrynidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnologia 30(3): 42-52.
Teruel, R. & Coulis, M. 2017. First record of the genus Charinus Simon, 1892 from Martinique, Lesser Antilles, with description of a new species (Amblypygi: Charinidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 13: 30-36.

23 II 2017 : New species.

The species Stygophrynus orientalis was described from Indonesia.
Seiter, M & Wolff, J.O. 2016. Stygophrynus orientalis sp. nov. (Amblypygi: Charontidae) from Indonesia with the description of a remarkable spermatophore. Zootaxa 4232(3): 397–408.

4 X 2016 : New species.

Two new species of Charinus describe from Israel and Brasil : Charinus israelensis and Charinus ruschii.
Miranda, G.S., Milleri-Pinto, M., Gonçalves-Souza, T., Giupponi, A.P.L. & Scharff, N. 2016. A new species of Charinus Simon 1892 from Brazil, with notes on behavior (Amblypygi, Charinidae). ZooKeys 621: 15–36. doi:10.3897/zookeys.621.9980
Miranda, G.S., Aharon, S., Gavish-Regev, E., Giupponi, A.P.L. & Wizen, G. 2016. A new species of Charinus Simon, 1892 (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae) from Israel and new records of C. ioanniticus (Kritscher, 1959). European Journal of Taxonomy 234: 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.234

14 VIII 2016 : New species.

The species Charinus bahoruco was described from Dominican Republic.
Teruel, R. 2016. The genus Charinus (Amblypygi: Charinidae) on the island of Hispaniola, Greater Antilles. Revista Iberica de Aracnologia 28:3-12.

13 VIII 2016 : New species.

The species Charinus longitarsus was described from Peru.
Armas, L.F. de, Palomino-Cardenas, A.C. & Castillo-Espinoza, M. del 2016. Amblipigidos de los departamentos Cusco y Madre de Dios, Peru, con la descripcion de un nuevo Charinus (Amblypygi: Charinidae, Phrynidae). Revista Iberica de Aracnologia 28:45–50.

6 VIII 2016 : New species.

The species Charinus taboa was described from Brasil.
Vasconcelos, A.C.O., Giupponi, A.P.L. & Ferreira, R. L. 2016. Description of a new troglomorphic species of harinus Simon, 1892 from Brazil (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Charinidae). ZooKeys 600:35–52.

16 VI 2016 : New species.

Two new species of Charinus describe from Belize : Charinus belizensis and Charinus reddelli.
Miranda, G. S., Giupponi, A.P.L. & Wizen, G. 2016. Two new species of whip spider (Amblypygi): an epigean and a cave dwelling Charinus Simon, 1892 from Belize. Zootaxa 4098(3): 545-559.

22 III 2016 : New species.

Three new species of Charinus and Heterophrynus describe from Colombia : Charinus rocamadre, Heterophrynus yarigui and Heterophrynus guacharo.
De Armas, L. F. 2016. Una nueva especie de Heterophrynus Pocock, 1894(Amblypygi: Phrynidae) del suroeste de Colombia. Revista Iberica de aracnologia 27: 95-98. Teruel, R., De Armas, L. F. & Diaz Perez, J. A. 2016. Una nueva especie de Heterophrynus (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) del nordeste de Colombia. Revista Iberica de aracnologia 27: 45-49. Torres-Contreras, R., Alvarez Garcia, D. M. & De Armas, L. F. 2016. Una nueva especie de Charinus Simon, 1892(Amblypygi: Charinidae) del Caribe colombiano. Revista Iberica de aracnologia 27: 145-148.

2 III 2016 : New species.

Eight new species of Charinus describe from Brasil : C. bichuetteae, C. bonaldoi, C. carajas, C. ferreus, C. guto, C. orientalis, C. brescoviti and C. ricardoi
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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148277

2 III 2016 : New species.

Two new species describe from Brasil : Charinus caatingae and Charinus iuiu
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

5 XI 2015 : New species.

The species Charinus sillami was described from french Guiana.
Réveillion, F. & Maquart, P.-O. 2015. A new species of Charinus Simon 1892(Amblypygi, Charinidae) from termite nests in French Guiana. Zootaxa, 4032(2): 190-196.

5 XI 2015 : New species.

The species Heterophrynus caribensis was described from Columbia.
Armas, L. F. De, Torres-Contreras, R. & Alvarez Garcia, D. M. 2015. Nueva especie de Heterophrynus (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) del Caribe colombiano. Revista Iberica de Aracnologia, 26: 69-73.

5 XI 2015 : New species.

The species Charinus desirade was described from West Indies.
Teruel, R. & Questel, K. 2015. A new species of Charinus Simon, 1892 (Amblypygi: Charinidae) from Guadaloupe. Revista Iberica de Aracnologia, 26: 43-47.

5 XI 2015 : New species.

The species Phrynus jalisco was described from Mexico.
Armas, L. F. De, Guzman, A. A., Francke & O. F. 2014. Una especie nueva de Phrynus (Amblypygi: Phrynidae). Revista Iberica de Aracnologia, 25: 3-7.

5 XI 2015 : New species.

The species Charinus jibaossu was described from Brazil.
Vasconcelos, A. C. O., Giupponi, A. P. L. & Ferreira, R. L. 2014. A new species of Charinus from Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with comments on its sexual dimorphism (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae) The Journal of Arachnology, 42: 155-162.

5 XI 2015 : New species.

The species Charinus potiguar was described from Brazil.
Vasconcelos, A. C. O., Giupponi, A. P. L. & Ferreira, R. L. 2013. A new species of Charinus Simon, 1892 from northeastern Brazil with comments on the potential distribution of the genus in Central and South Americas (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae). Zootaxa, 3737(4): 488-500.

New locality

The species Heterophrynus elaphus were found in Bolivia, that's the first amblypygid species describe in this country.
Réveillion, F., Maquart, P.-O. & Höfer, H. 2014. First record of Heterophrynus elaphus (Pocock, 1903) (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) for Bolivia. Revista Iberica de Aracnologia, 25: 102.

The identification kies to genera are online!

Two new species of the genus Heterophrynus discribed from Colombia

the two new species are : Heterophrynus silviae and Heterophrynus boterorum. Giupponi, A. P. L. & Kury, A. B. 2013. Two new species of Heterophrynus Pocock, 1894 from Colombia with distribution notes and a new synonymy (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Phrynidae). Zootaxa: 3647(2), 329–342.

A new species of Paraphrynus discovered in Mexico and United states.

A new species is decribed from Mexico and South United states. It is very closed to Paraphrynus mexicanus (Bilimek, 1867).
Armas L. F. de. 2012. Nueva especie de Paraphrynus Moreno, 1940(Amblypygi: Prhynidae) de México y el suroeste de los EE.UU. de América. Revista Ibérica de Aracnologia 21: 27-32.

A new species of Sarax described from Philippines.

Sarax curioi was found in the locality of Malumpati on Panay island.
Giupponi, A. P.l. & Miranda, G. S. 2012. A new species of Sarax Simon, 1892 from the Philippines (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 84(1): 165-173.

A new species of Charinus described from Saint Barthelemy.

Charinus bruneti was discovered in “Anse des Flamand” and “Petite anse”. It the first occurrence of a Charinus in the minor Antilles.
Teruel, R. & Questel, K. 2011. A new species of Charinus Simon 1892 (Amblypygi: Charinidae) from the Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles. Boletin de la S.E.A. 49: 15-18.