Bug FAQThelyphonus sepiaris
Thelyphonus sepiaris · Order: Uropygi · Family: Thelyphonidae
Thelyphonus sepiaris is a whip-scorpion with a dark body and reddish-brown underside, notable eye ridges, and spined legs. It lives under stones or decaying logs in humid, leaf-littered areas near water in the Deccan region of India and Sri Lanka.
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How to recognize it
It has distinct eye ridges on the carapace margin and teeth on the pedipalp’s trochanter and femur. The first abdominal sternum shows a pronounced rear edge. Leg pairs two, three and four bear tibial spines, and the telson consists of 27 hairy segments.
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Size
Specimens are black or blackish-brown with a reddish-brown underside.
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Where it lives
They are found under decaying logs or stones in humid places with leaf litter near permanent water sources. They also occur under medium-sized stones in similarly moist, leaf-littered habitats.
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Where it comes from
The species occurs in India and Sri Lanka. It is endemic to the Deccan region of the Oriental biogeographic zone.
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Same family (Thelyphonidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelyphonus_sepiaris
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