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 Sarax mardua Rahmadi, Harvey & Kojima, 2010 Fig. 103 ; Table 8 Sarax mardua Rahmadi et al. , 2010: 13–18 , figs 26–32, 39–40. Diagnosis This species may be separated from other species of Sarax in Southeast Asia and Oceania by the following combination of characters: large body size (adult length 8.5–10.1 mm ); secondary sexual dimorphism, pedipalps of male longer than those of female; median ocular tubercle small and shallow, completely divided into two, each half with an ocellus; pedipalp femur with four dorsal spines and three ventral spines; pedipalp tibia with four dorsal spines and four ventral spines; leg IV basitibia trichobothrium bt situated close to proximal margin; distitibia trichobothrium bc situated equidistant between bf and sbf . Etymology The species name is a noun in apposition, taken from Gua Mardua, the cave in which the type material was collected ( Rahmadi et al. 2010 ). Type material Holotype INDONESIA • ♂ ; East Kalimantan , Kutai Timur Regency , Sangkulirang District , Pengadan Village , Gua Mardua , near Pengadan ; 01°13′55.13″ N , 117°44′23.53″ E ; 19 Aug. 2004 ; L. Deharveng and A. Bedos leg.; MZB Ambl. 151 [not examined]. Paratypes INDONESIA • 1 ♀ , 2 juv. ; same locality data as for holotype; MNHN Am. 12 [not examined] . Measurements. See Table 8 . Distribution Known only from the type locality. Natural history This species was collected in a cave. It co-occurs with a mite harvestman, Stylocellus sp. (Styleyesdae Hansen & Sørensen, 1904). Remarks See Rahmadi et al . (2010) for description.