Sarax Simon 1892

Rahmadi, Cahyo, Harvey, Mark S. & Kojima, Jun-Ichi, 2010, Whip spiders of the genus Sarax Simon 1892 (Amblypygi: Charinidae) from Borneo Island, Zootaxa 2612, pp. 1-21 : 3

Sarax Simon 1892

Sarax Simon 1892: 43 ; Harvey 2003: 7; Rahmadi and Kojima in press.

Type species: Sarax brachydactylus Simon 1892 , by original designation.

Phrynichosarax Gravely 1915: 437 (synonymised by Weygoldt 2000: 25).

Type species: Phrynichosarax cochinensis Gravely 1915 , by original designation.

Diagnosis: Small to medium-sized whip spiders, adult body length less than 10 mm, but sometimes longer than 15 mm in cave-dwelling species; pedipalpal patella with three large primary spines, of which the distal spine is largest and the subsequent spines become shorter proximally or all of which are about equal in size; pedipalpal tibia with two dorsal spines and one ventral spine; pedipalpal tarsus clearly divided into two parts; tibial segments of leg I with 23 segments; basitibia of leg IV consisting of three or four segments; the uppermost cheliceral tooth bicuspid, the upper cusp larger than the lower cusp; ventral sac covers on the third abdominal sternite present; and eyes situated close to the margin of the carapace.