Genus: Sarax Simon, 1892 | Family: Charinidae Quintero, 1986 | Order: Amblypygi Thorell, 1883

Sarax dhofarensis (Weygoldt, Pohl and Polak, 2002)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Charinus dhofarensis

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:5cb3858a-b7ff-4946-8b9d-8df64c177bb0

Taxonomic references

Charinus dhofarensis Weygoldt, Pohl and Polak:

Weygoldt, Pohl and Polak, 2002: 292–295, figs. 1–7 original description
Miranda, Milleri-Pinto, Gonçalves-Souza, Giupponi and Scharff, 2016: 29

Sarax dhofarensis (Weygoldt, Pohl and Polak):

Miranda, Giupponi, Prendini and Scharff, 2021: 221–222, fig. 135, table 9 (designated as comb. nov.)
Wu, Zhu, Liu, de Miranda, Román-Palacios, Li and He, 2022: 401
Xu, Gong, Guo and Zhang, 2026: 430

Distribution
Distribution table
Oman
Type locality: Tawi Atayr Waterhole, Tawi Atayr, Zufār, Oman.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Tawi Atayr Waterhole 17.1125 54.558333
Type repository
  • Holotype Oman Natural History Museum (ONHM), Muscat, Oman Female (ONHM 2969)
  • Paratype Oman Natural History Museum (ONHM), Muscat, Oman 1 male (ONHM 2970); same locality as holotype
  • Paratype Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany 1 female; same locality as holotype
  • Paratype Oman Natural History Museum (ONHM), Muscat, Oman 1 female; from Pop Cave [Lat 17.1125, Lon 54.558333]
  • Paratype Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany 1 male, 1 female; from Blown Gasket Cave [Lat 17.1125, Lon 54.604167]
  • Paratype Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana (BFUL), Slovenia 3 males, 1 female, 1 juvenile; from Blown Gasket Cave [Lat 17.1125, Lon 54.604167]
References

Miranda, G.S., Milleri-Pinto, M., Gonçalves-Souza, T., Giupponi, A.P.L. & Scharff, N. (2016). A new species of Charinus Simon 1892 (Amblypygi, Charinidae) from Brazil, with notes on behavior. ZooKeys 621: 15–36. ZooBank: AA4734C1-E488-40B1-8C20-BC839A4EABF0 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.621.9980 -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P., Pohl, H. & Polak, S. (2002). Arabian whip spiders: four new species of the genera Charinus and Phrynichus (Chelicerata: Amblypygi) from Oman and Socotra. Fauna of Arabia 19: 289–309. -- Show included taxa

Miranda, Gustavo S., Giupponi, A.P. de L., Prendini, L. & Scharff, N. (2021). Systematic revision of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi). European Journal of Taxonomy 772: 1–409. ZooBank: 9B82A32F-0A07-47E3-8684-FED7C8EBF1E9 doi: 10.5852/ejt.2021.772.1505 -- Show included taxa

Wu, S.-Y., Zhu, X.-Y., Liu, Y.-J., de Miranda, G.S., Román-Palacios, C., Li, Z. & He, Z.-Q. (2022). A new species of whip spider, Sarax sinensis sp. nov., from Fujian, China (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae). Zootaxa 5162(4): 397-409. ZooBank: 7EA85D03-EEFB-4D45-9B7F-D31C0A87C8B0 doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.4 -- Show included taxa

Xu, Y., Gong, J., Guo, X. & Zhang, F. (2026). A new species of the genus Sarax Simon, 1892 (Amblypygi, Charinidae) from China. Zootaxa 5748(3): 429-438. ZooBank: 1B48F0C9-F9D7-47A1-B890-E4CD13D86F8C doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.8 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-08-25 New taxonomic reference entry Xu, Gong, Guo and Zhang, 2026
2024-05-30 Species updated Old value
2024-04-14 Taxonomic reference update Miranda, Giupponi, Prendini and Scharff, 2021
2024-04-12 Taxonomic reference update Miranda, Giupponi, Prendini and Scharff, 2021
2024-04-12 Taxonomic reference update Miranda, Giupponi, Prendini and Scharff, 2021
2024-03-14 Taxonomic reference update Miranda, Giupponi, Prendini and Scharff, 2021
2024-03-14 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-14 Species updated Old value
2024-03-09 New taxonomic reference entry Miranda, Milleri-Pinto, Gonçalves-Souza, Giupponi and Scharff, 2016
2024-03-09 New taxonomic reference entry Miranda, Giupponi, Prendini and Scharff, 2021
2024-03-09 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, Pohl and Polak, 2002
2024-03-09 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-09 Species updated Old value
2024-03-09 Species updated Old value
2024-03-09 Species updated Old value
2024-03-09 Species updated Old value
2022-09-08 New taxonomic reference entry Wu, Zhu, Liu, de Miranda, Román-Palacios, Li and He, 2022
2022-09-08 New taxonomic reference entry Wu, Zhu, Liu, de Miranda, Román-Palacios and He, 2022