Protoschizomus

Protoschizomus is a genus of protoschizomid short-tailed whipscorpions, first described by Jon Mark Rowland in 1975.^[1]

Protoschizomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Schizomida
Family:	Protoschizomidae
Genus:	Protoschizomus Rowland, 1975
Type species
Agastoschizomus pachypalpus (Rowland, 1973)
Species
8, see text

Species

As of September 2022^[update], the World Schizomida Catalog accepts the following eight species:^[2]

• Protoschizomus franckei Monjaraz-Ruedas, 2013 – Mexico
• Protoschizomus gertschi Cokendolpher & Reddell, 1992 – Mexico
• Protoschizomus occidentalis Rowland, 1975 – Mexico
• Protoschizomus pachypalpus (Rowland, 1973) – Mexico
• Protoschizomus purificacion Cokendolpher & Reddell, 1992 – Mexico
• Protoschizomus rowlandi Cokendolpher & Reddell, 1992 – Mexico
• Protoschizomus sprousei Cokendolpher & Reddell, 1992 – Mexico
• Protoschizomus treacyae Cokendolpher & Reddell, 1992 – Mexico