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 Charinus kakum Harms, 2018 Fig. 83 ; Table 6 Charinus kakum Harms, 2018: 46–50 , figs 1–5. Diagnosis Based in part on Harms (2018) , this species may be separated from C. madagascariensis and other African species of Charinus by means of the following combination of characters: median and lateral eyes well developed; median ocular tubercle well developed; female gonopod sucker-like; cheliceral claw with five teeth; pedipalp femur with three dorsal spines and three ventral spines; pedipalp patella with three dorsal spines and two ventral spines; pedipalp tarsus with two dorsal spines; tibia of leg I with 24 articles, tarsus I with 41 articles; leg IV basitibia with three pseudo-articles; distitibia sc and sf series each with four trichobothria. Charinus kakum differs from C. milloti in the number of teeth on the cheliceral claw, with five teeth in C. kakum and four teeth in C milloti , and from C. loko sp. nov. in the number of pseudo-articles in the basitibia of leg IV, with three articles in C. kakum and four articles in C. loko sp. nov. The number of teeth on the cheliceral claw also separates C. kakum from C. fagei , in which nine teeth are present. The unique shape of the genital plaque and female gonopod separate C. africanus from C. kakum . Etymology Noun in apposition taken from the type locality, Kakum National Park in Ghana ( Harms 2018 ). Type material Holotype GHANA ; Central Province , Kakum National Park , track to Treehouse , under flat rock near forest floor ; 05°21′21.23″ N , 01°22′55.87″ W ; 13 Dec. 2017 ; D. Harms and B.K. Williams leg.; ZMH A893 [not examined]. Measurements See Table 6 . Distribution Known only from the type locality in Kakum National Park, Ghana . Natural history The holotype was collected under a rock in a small rocky outcrop near a dry creek-bed, in closed-canopy primary rainforest. The female possessed a brood sac and carried seven eggs . Harms (2018) noted that this was the smallest whip spider in western Africa and might have a preference for rocky boulders in densely vegetated areas, under which it retreats. Ricinulei ( Ricinoides sp. ) and unidentified schizomids were observed at the same outcrop.