Weygoldtia
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| Weygoldtia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Amblypygi |
| Family: | Charinidae |
| Genus: | Weygoldtia Miranda, Giupponi, Prendini & Scharff, 2018 |
| Type species | |
| Weygoldtia davidovi (Fage, 1946) | |
| Species | |
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3, see text | |
Weygoldtia is a genus of amblypygids of the family Charinidae, described in 2018 by Gustavo Silva de Miranda, Alessandro P.L. Giupponi, Lorenzo Prendini and Nikolaj Scharff. The genus is named after the German arachnologist Peter Weygoldt, in recognition of his contributions to the study of Amblypygi.[1][2]
