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==Genera== [[File:Molting process of Tail-less Whip Scorpion from Sri Lanka.jpg|thumb|An amblypygid molting]] [[File:Damon johnstoni – Lydekker, 1879.png|thumb|''[[Damon johnstonii]]'' from [[West Africa]]]] The following genera are recognised:<ref name="Harvey">{{cite book |author=Mark S. Harvey |year=2003 |title=Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae |publisher=[[CSIRO Publishing]] |isbn=978-0-643-06805-6 |chapter=Order Amblypygi |pages=3–58 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I5JNqiORopUC&pg=PA12}}</ref><ref name="Engel and Grimaldi">{{cite journal |last1=Engel|first1=M.S. |last2=Grimaldi |first2=D.A. |year=2014 |title=Whipspiders (Arachnida: Amblypygi) in amber from the Early Eocene and mid-Cretaceous, including maternal care |journal= Novitates Paleoentomologicae |volume=9 |pages=1–17}}</ref> * Palaeoamblypygi <small>Weygoldt, 1996</small> ** [[Paracharontidae]] <small>Weygoldt, 1996</small> *** ''[[Paracharon]]'' <small>Hansen, 1921</small> (1 species, West Africa) *** ''[[Jorottui]]'' <small>Moreno-González, Gutierrez-Estrada, & Prendini, 2023</small> (1 species, northern South America) ** [[Weygoldtinidae]] <small>Dunlop, 2018</small><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Dunlop |first=Jason A. |date=2018-03-01 |title=Systematics of the Coal Measures whip spiders (Arachnida: Amblypygi) |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0044523117300967 |journal=Zoologischer Anzeiger |series=In honor of Peter Weygoldt |language=en |volume=273 |pages=14–22 |doi=10.1016/j.jcz.2017.11.004 |issn=0044-5231|url-access=subscription }}</ref> *** †''[[Weygoldtina]]'' <small>Dunlop, 2018</small> (2 species, Upper Carboniferous Europe, North America)<ref name=":0" /> * Euamblypygi <small>Weygoldt, 1996</small> ** †''[[Paracharonopsis]]'' <small>Engel & Grimaldi, 2014</small> (1 species, [[Cambay amber]], India, [[Eocene]])<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal |last1=Moreno-González |first1=Jairo A. |last2=Gutierrez-Estrada |first2=Miguel |last3=Prendini |first3=Lorenzo |date=2023-06-28 |title=Systematic Revision of the Whip Spider Family Paracharontidae (Arachnida: Amblypygi) with Description of a New Troglobitic Genus and Species from Colombia |url=https://bioone.org/journals/american-museum-novitates/volume-2023/issue-4000/4000.1/Systematic-Revision-of-the-Whip-Spider-Family-Paracharontidae-Arachnida/10.1206/4000.1.full |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=4000 |pages=1–36 |doi=10.1206/4000.1 |s2cid=259275494 |issn=0003-0082}}</ref> ** [[Charinidae]] <small>Weygoldt, 1996</small> *** ''[[Charinus]]'' <small>Simon, 1892</small> (33 species) ***''[[Sarax]]'' <small>Simon, 1892</small> (10 species) ***''[[Weygoldtia]]'' <small>Miranda, Giupponi, Prendini & Scharff, 2018</small> (3 species) **Neoamblypygi <small>Weygoldt, 1996</small> ***[[Charontidae]] <small>Simon, 1892</small> ****''[[Catageus]]'' <small>Thorell, 1889</small> (9 species) ****''[[Charon (genus)|Charon]]'' <small>Karsch, 1879</small> (5 species) ***[[Unidistitarsata]] <small>Engel & Grimaldi, 2014</small> ****†''[[Kronocharon]]'' <small>Engel & Grimaldi, 2014 </small> (1 species, [[Burmese amber]], Myanmar, Cretaceous) ****†''[[Burmacharon]]''? <small>Hu et al. 2020</small> (1 species, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cretaceous) ****Phrynoidea <small>Blanchard, 1852</small> *****[[Phrynichidae]] <small>Simon, 1900</small> ******''[[Damon (genus)|Damon]]'' <small>C. L. Koch, 1850</small> (10 species) ******''[[Euphrynichus]]'' <small>Weygoldt, 1995</small> (2 species) ******''[[Musicodamon]]'' <small>Fage, 1939</small> (1 species) ******''[[Phrynichodamon]]'' <small>Weygoldt, 1996</small> (1 species) ******''[[Phrynichus (arachnid)|Phrynichus]]'' <small>Karsch, 1879</small> (16 species) ******''[[Trichodamon]]'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1935</small> (2 species) ******''[[Xerophrynus]]'' <small>Weygoldt, 1996</small> (1 species) *****[[Phrynidae]] <small>Blanchard, 1852</small> ******''[[Acanthophrynus]]'' <small>Kraepelin, 1899</small> (1 species) ******†''[[Britopygus]]'' <small>Dunlop & Martill, 2002</small> (1 species; [[Crato Formation]], Brazil, Cretaceous) ******''[[Heterophrynus]]'' <small>Pocock, 1894</small> (14 species) ******''[[Paraphrynus]]'' <small>Moreno, 1940</small> (18 species) ******''[[Phrynus]]'' <small>Lamarck, 1801</small> (28 species, Oligocene - Recent) *''[[Incertae sedis]]:'' ** † ''[[Sorellophrynus]]'' <small>Harvey, 2002</small> (1 species, Upper Carboniferous, North America) ** † ''[[Thelyphrynus]]'' <small>Petrunkevich, 1913</small> (1 species, Upper Carboniferous, North America)
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