Hypoctonus

Hypoctonus is a genus of Thelyphonid whip scorpions, first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1888.^[1]

Hypoctonus
Hypoctonus formosus from Myanmar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Uropygi
Family:	Thelyphonidae
Subfamily:	Hypoctoninae
Genus:	Hypoctonus Thorell, 1888
Type species
Hypoctonus formosus (Butler, 1872)
Species
19, see text

Species

As of October 2022^[update], the World Uropygi Catalog accepts the following nineteen species:^[2]

• Hypoctonus andersoni (Oates, 1889) – Myanmar
• Hypoctonus binghami (Oates, 1889) – Myanmar
• Hypoctonus birmanicus Hirst, 1911 – Myanmar
• Hypoctonus browni Gravely, 1912 – Myanmar
• Hypoctonus carmichaeli Gravely, 1916 – Bangladesh
• Hypoctonus dawnae Gravely, 1912 – Myanmar
• Hypoctonus ellisi Gravely, 1912 – Myanmar
• Hypoctonus formosus (Butler, 1872) – Myanmar
• Hypoctonus gastrostictus Kraepelin, 1897 – Borneo
• Hypoctonus granosus Pocock, 1900 – China
• Hypoctonus javanicus Speijer, 1933 – Indonesia
• Hypoctonus kraepelini Simon, 1901 – Thailand
• Hypoctonus oatesii Pocock, 1900 – Bangladesh, Bhutan
• Hypoctonus rangunensis (Oates, 1889) – Myanmar
• Hypoctonus saxatilis (Oates, 1889) – Myanmar
• Hypoctonus siamensis Haupt, 1996 – Thailand
• Hypoctonus stoliczkae Gravely, 1912 – India
• Hypoctonus sylvaticus (Oates, 1889) – Myanmar
• Hypoctonus woodmasoni (Oates, 1889) – Myanmar