Editing Amblypygi (section)

{{Short description|Order of arachnids}}
{{Distinguish|Ariamnes colubrinus}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = [[Bashkirian]]/[[Moscovian (Carboniferous)|Moscovian]]–[[Holocene]] {{fossil_range|315|0|ref=<ref name="Garwood2017">{{cite journal | last1 = Garwood | first1 = Russell J. | last2 = Dunlop | first2 = Jason A. | last3 = Knecht | first3 = Brian J. | last4 = Hegna | first4 = Thomas A. | date = 2017 | title = The phylogeny of fossil whip spiders | journal = BMC Evolutionary Biology | volume = 17 | issue = 1| page = 105 | doi = 10.1186/s12862-017-0931-1 | pmid=28431496 | pmc=5399839 | bibcode = 2017BMCEE..17..105G | doi-access = free }}</ref>}}
| image = Heterophrynus 02.jpg
| image_caption = ''Heterophrynus'', Ecuador
| taxon = Amblypygi
| authority = [[Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell|Thorell]], 1883
| subdivision_ranks = [[Family (biology)|Families]]
| subdivision = *'''Palaeoamblypygi'''
**[[Paracharontidae]]
**{{extinct}}[[Weygoldtinidae]]
*'''Euamblypygi'''
**[[Charinidae]]
**[[Charontidae]]
**[[Phrynichidae]]
**[[Phrynidae]]
| range_map = Amblypygi Distribution Map.png
| synonyms = *Phrynéides {{small|[[Charles Walckenaer|Walckenaer]], 1837}}
*Phrynichida {{small|[[Alexander Petrunkevitch|Petrunkevitch]], 1945}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite web | url = https://museum.wa.gov.au/catalogues-beta/whip-spiders/order/amblypygi | title = Amblypygi {{small|Thorell 1883}} | first = M.S. | last = Harvey | date = 2013 | work = Whip spiders of the World | publisher = Western Australian Museum | version = version 1.0. | access-date = 23 September 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240923192643/https://museum.wa.gov.au/catalogues-beta/whip-spiders/order/amblypygi | archive-date = 23 September 2024}}</ref>
}}

'''Amblypygi''' is an [[Order (biology)|order]] of [[arachnids]] also known as '''whip-spiders''' or '''tailless whip-scorpions''', not to be confused with [[Uropygi|whip-scorpion]]s or vinegaroons that belong to the related order Thelyphonida. The name "amblypygid" means "blunt tail", a reference to a lack of the [[flagellum]] that is otherwise seen in whip-scorpions. Amblypygids possess no [[silk]] glands or [[venom]]. They rarely bite if threatened but can grab fingers with their [[pedipalps]], resulting in thorn-like puncture-injuries.

As of 2023, five families, 17 genera, and around 260 species had been discovered and described.<ref>{{cite web |date=2023 |title=World Amblypygi Catalog |url=https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/amblypygi/1 |access-date=24 August 2023 |website=World Amblypygi Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern}}</ref> They are found in [[Tropics|tropical]] and [[Subtropics|subtropical]] regions worldwide, mainly in warm and humid environments. They like to stay protected and hidden within leaf litter, caves, or underneath bark. Some species are subterranean; all are [[nocturnal]]. [[Fossil]]ized amblypygids have been found dating back to the [[Carboniferous|Carboniferous period]], such as ''[[Weygoldtina]]''.<ref name="Garwood2017" />