Systematic revision of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi) Author Miranda, Gustavo Silva de 81150D94-592A-4CE5-8E88-E60F557A4341 Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. & Entomology Department, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA. smiranda.gustavo@gmail.com Author Giupponi, Alessandro P. L. 434112AC-B212-43E8-A5D9-2F5D5619AFC4 Laboratório de Referência Nacional em Vetores das Riquetsioses, LIRN-IOC-FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. agiupponi@gmail.com Author Prendini, Lorenzo C2D080D0-75DB-4DA1-A101-AB4DCF50FF0A Arachnology Lab, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA. lorenzo@amnh.org Author Scharff, Nikolaj F84D2235-66D2-460C-820D-80024068759D Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. & Entomology Department, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA. & Zoology Section, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. nscharff@snm.ku.dk text European Journal of Taxonomy 2021 2021-09-24 772 1 409 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.772.1505 journal article 4042 10.5852/ejt.2021.772.1505 b65bb5a9-bbe7-49a4-af44-4b4c03121288 2118-9773 5536410 9B82A32F-0A07-47E3-8684-FED7C8EBF1E9 Charinus pardillalensis ( González-Sponga, 1998 ) Fig. 27 ; Table 2 Charinides pardillalensis González-Sponga, 1998: 3–8 , figs 9–13, map 1. Charinus pardillalensis – Harvey 2003: 7 , fig. 13. — Jocqué & Giupponi 2012: 55 . — Vasconcelos et al. 2013: 497 . — Miranda et al. 2016c: 31 . Diagnosis Based on González-Sponga (1998) , this species may be separated from other Charinus in Amazonia and northern South America by means of the following combination of characters: median eyes and median ocular tubercle absent; pedipalp femur with three dorsal spines and two ventral spines; pedipalp patella with four dorsal spines and two ventral spines; tarsus with two dorsal spines; leg IV basitibia with two pseudo-articles. Etymology Adjective derived from the name of the hill on which the type material was collected ( González-Sponga 1998 ). Type material Holotype VENEZUELA • ♀ ; Aragua , San Casimiro municipality, Morro de Pardillal ; [ 10°00′16″ N , 67°00′50″ W ]; 500 m a.s.l. ; 12 Aug. 1978 ; A.R. Delgado de Gonzalez , J.A. Gonzalez and M.A. González-Sponga leg.; MIZA [not examined]. Paratypes VENEZUELA • 1 ♀ ; same collection data as for holotype ; MIZA [not examined] • 4 ex. ; same collection data as for holotype ; MIZA [not examined] . Measurements See Table 2 . Distribution Known only from the type locality. Natural history According to González-Sponga (1998) , this species was found in an area of savanna and forest, and inhabits crevices in clay slopes caused by erosion. Remarks Charinus pardillalensis was described based on females whereas males are unknown. The median and lateral ocular tubercles are equally weakly developed. The leg IV basitibia of this species was described as consisting of two pseudo-articles, but Jocqué & Giupponi (2012) suggested the basitibia of this species consists of three pseudo-articles.