Amblypygi

[am′blip·i‚jī]

(invertebrate zoology)

An order of chelicerate arthropods in the class Arachnida, commonly known as the tailless whip scorpions.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Amblypygi

an order of arachnids of the group Pedipalpi. The flattened body measures as much as 4.5 cm in length. The cephalothorax is broad, and the abdomen has 12 segments and lacks the caudal filament characteristic of other orders of the Pedipalpi. The pedipalps are prehensile, and the legs of the first pair are long and cirriform.

The group consists of approximately 60 species, which are distributed in the tropics. The animals live mainly in forests, under plant debris and rocks.

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Pedipalpida

References in periodicals archive

Relating the unique sensory system of amblypygids to the ecology and behavior of Phrynusparvulus from Costa Rica (Arachnida, Amblypygi), Canadian Journal of Zoology 80:286-295.

Survival, abundance, and movement of a synanthropic population of the brown recluse spider, Loxosceles reclusa (Araneae: Sicariidae)

Whip spiders (Arachnida: Amblypygi) are a group of nocturnal arachnids that exhibit robust navigational abilities hypothesized to be under multi-sensory control.

10:15 - 11:45 AM Podium Session 1 Wildlife Biology, Spiders McMaster Room--BTSU 308

A new synanthropic species of Charinus Simon, 1892 from Brazilian Amazonia and notes on the genus (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae).

Registros de aranas epigeas en Bahia Blanca, en la region templada de Argentina

Amblypygi, Opiliones, Schizomida, Scorpiones and Chilopoda, Tocantins, Brazil.

First record of Stenochrusportoricensis Chamberlin, 1922 (Arachnida: Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) for the Pernambuco state, Brazil

Approximately 29 Orders of subterranean fauna were sampled in the Angelica cave, DSQm was the most efficient method for abundance in six of them (Amblypygi, Collembola, Orthoptera, Opiliones, Scolopendromorpha and Scutigeromorpha).

Effectiveness of quadrat sampling on terrestrial cave fauna survey a case study in a Neotropical cave/A eficacia do metodo de amostragem por quadrados em levantamentos da fauna terrestre cavernicola--um estudo de caso em uma caverna Neotropical

Diomedes Quintero Arias has published more than 75 articles on the systematics and biology of Scorpiones, Amblypygi, Acari, Araneae (Arachnida), Psychidae (Lepidoptera) and wasps (Mutillidae, Plumariidae, Pompilidae and Bradynobaenidae).

The Tropical Biology Award 2010 has been awarded to zoologist Diomedes Quintero Arias

They begin with chapter 19 on Thelyphonida (= Uropygida, vinegaroons) and 20 on Amblypygi (= Amblopygida, whip scorpions), both by C.

Cano, E.B. (ed.). 2006. Biodiversidad de Guatemala

Arachnids of the order Amblypygi and specifically family Theridiid ae were observed on or suspended within close proximity to every type of acidic substrate throughout every part of the cave.

Collegiate Division 1999