Species
Thelyphonus giganteus Lucas, 1835b: without pagination, plate 8; Lamarck, 1838: 117; C.L. Koch, 1843: 21-22, figs 767-768; Gervais, 1844: 12; C.L. Koch, 1850: 85; Wood, 1863b: 374; Butler, 1872: 201; Marx, 1888a: 42; Marx, 1892: 252-254; Marx, 1893: 54-55; Shipley, 1909: fig. 524.
Thelyphonus excubitor Girard, 1854: 236-238, plate XVII figs 1-4 (synonymised by Wood, 1863b: 374).
Thelyphonus rufus Butler, 1872: 205-206, fig. 8 (synonymised by Pocock, 1894a: 130).
Thelyphonus (?) rufus Butler: Tarnani, 1890a: 538.
Thelyphonus (?) giganteus Lucas: Tarnani, 1890a: 538.
Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas): Pocock, 1894a: 130; Kraepelin, 1897a: 37-38, figs 10b, 38b; Lönnberg, 1897a: 190; Banks, 1898: 289; Kraepelin, 1899a: 224a; Banks, 1900: 422; Kraepelin, 1901b: 263; Pocock, 1902a: figs 2, 9; Pocock, 1902b: figs 40a, 41a-b; Pocock, 1902c: 47, plate X figs 1-4; Werner, 1902: 606; Börner, 1903: fig. 15; Banks, 1904a: 143; Börner, 1904: 5, text figs 9a-b, 19, 60, figs 4, 6, 49-50, 56-58, 61, 97; Tarnani, 1905: xi; Börner, 1904: fig. 3; Buxton, 1913: 238; Comstock, 1913: 19, fig. 14; Petrunkevitch, 1913: fig. 17; Patten, 1917: 251-275, figs 1, 3-4; Howard, 1919: 26; Barrows, 1925: 500, figs 34-35; Mello-Leitão, 1931: 27, fig. 11; Kästner, 1932: figs 19, 37, 65; Werner, 1935a: 468, figs 21a, 27, 37, 42-43, 52, 66, 75, 80, 97; Snodgrass, 1948: figs 5b, 9a-h; Gertsch, 1949: 17; Millot, 1949a: fig. 49; Millot, 1949c: figs 287, 290, 292a-b, 294a-b, 297a-b, 298-299; Petrunkevitch, 1949: figs 1-2, 31-33, 43-46, 49-52; Petrunkevitch, 1952: fig. 1; Henry, 1954: 2-3, figs 1-2; Horne, 1955: 155-159; Petrunkevitch, 1955a: figs 33(2), 84(2); Kästner, 1956: fig. 514; Janetschek, 1957: figs 5-6; Eisner, Meinwald, Monro and Ghent, 1961: 272-297, figs 1-22; McKenzie, 1965: 35; Barr and Reddell, 1967: 259; Muma, 1967a: 21-23, fig. 16; Cloudsley-Thompson, 1968: 146, 147, 148; Kaestner, 1968: 117, 119, fig. 10-1; Legendre, 1968: 36, fig. 27; Levi and Levi, 1968: 116, unnumbered fig.; Besch, 1969: 730; Lawrence, 1969c: 125, 130; Weygoldt, 1969: fig. 8; Ahearn, 1970: 339-351, figs 1-6; Weygoldt, 1970b: 1-7, figs 1a-b, 2a-d, 3a-f, 4a-e; Crawford and Cloudsley-Thompson, 1971: 99-106, fig. 1; Reddell, 1971a: 28; Reddell and Mitchell, 1971a: 145, fig. 18; Reddell and Mitchell, 1971b: 185; Weygoldt, 1971: 137-141, figs 1a-b, 2a-b, 3-4, 5a-c, 6, plates Ia-d, Iia-c, IIIa-c; Weygoldt, 1972b: figs 3a-c, 6b, 7a-d, 13b; Weygoldt, 1972d: figs 5a-e, 6; Firstman, 1973: 5, 22-23, figs 14-15; Reddell and Elliott, 1973b: 183; Rowland and Cooke, 1973: 68; Cutler and Richards, 1974: 1394; Cloudsley-Thompson, 1975: 266, 273, 274; Muma, 1975b: 262; Weygoldt, 1975b: 311; Weygoldt, 1975c: figs 2a-e, 5a-c; Rowland and Reddell, 1976: 3-4; Cloudsley-Thompson, 1978: 186, 188; Jespersen, 1978: 241, figs 21-23; Cokendolpher and Bryce, 1980: 18; Garcia Acosta, 1980: 43; Haupt, Emde and Weygoldt, 1980: 205-213, figs 1-8; Crawford, 1981: 21, 35-36, 56, 59, 78, 86, 134, 137, 215, fig. 12c; Reddell, 1981: 124; Levi, 1982a: plate 94; Vasta and Cohen, 1984: 334-340; Homann, 1985: 70; Cloudsley-Thompson, 1986: 30; Shultz, 1989: 11, figs 1d, 5d, 9d, 15d; Barnes, 1987: 508, figs 13-15, 13-16a-b; Minton and Moreno, 1988: 35; Coddington, Larcher and Cokendolpher, 1990: 11; Corey and Stout, 1990: 169, 170; Crawford, 1990: 434, fig. 16.5; Weygoldt, 1990: figs 2C, 2E; Selden, Shear and Bonamo, 1991: fig. 5; Shultz, 1991: 13-31, figs 5c, 7-11; Shultz, 1992a: fig. 1a; 314-328, figs 1a, 2-3; Shultz, 1992b: 148-150, figs 1-2; Shultz, 1993: figs 1, 2a-c, 3a-b, 4a-d, 5a-b, 6, 7a-b, 8, 9a-b; Wheeler, Cartright and Hayashi, 1993: 20; Dunlop, 1994b: 267; Dunlop, 1994d: 10, unnumbered fig.; Ruppert and Barnes, 1994: fig. 13-13; Alberti, 1995: fig. 5a; Vázquez Rojas, 1995: 35, 36; Wheeler, 1995: 324; Vázquez Rojas, 1996c: 67-69; Regier and Shultz, 1997: 905; Wheeler, 1997: 89; Selden and Dunlop, 1998: fig. 7.1; Wheeler and Hyashi, 1998: 179; Alberti, 2000: 313, fig. 7a; Lazell, 2000: fig. 2a; Punzo, 2000b: 385-386; Schmidt, Dani, Jones and Morgan, 2000: 443-450; Ax, 2001: figs 47b-g; Coddington and Colwell, 2001: 211; Giribet, Edgecombe and Wheeler, 2001: 158; Punzo, 2001: 35-39, figs 3-4; Punzo and Reeves, 2001: 93-96, figs 1-2; Giribet, Edgecombe, Wheeler and Babbitt, 2002: 14; Dunlop and Martill, 2002: figs 5a-b; Weygoldt, 2002f: 466, 467, 468, fig. 634; Harvey, 2003c: 66; Schmidt, 2003: 11; Haupt, 2004b: figs 3a-d; Giribet, Richter, Edgecombe and Wheeler, 2005: 323; Punzo, 2005: 172-173; Punzo and Olsen, 2005: 206-211, fig. 1; Punzo, 2006b: 266-267; Klompen, Lekveishvili and Black, 2007: 940; Punzo, 2007: 66-72; Bourlat, Nielsen, Economou and Telford, 2008: 25; Masta and Boore, 2008: 950, 953; Regier, Shultz, Ganley, Hussey, Shi, Ball, Zwick, Stajich, Cummings, Martin and Cunningham, 2008: 923; Carrel and Britt, 2009: 500-502, figs 1-4; Haupt, 2009a: figs 1, 4, 10.
Mastigoproctus giganteus floridanus Lönnberg, 1897a: 189-191 (synonymised by Kraepelin, 1899a: 224).
Not Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas): Franganillo, 1930: 92 (misidentification, see Mastigoproctus pelegrini Armas); Franganillo, 1931: 48 (misidentification, see Mastigoproctus pelegrini Armas).
Thelyphonus giganteus: Mexico.
Thelyphonus excubitor: Red River, "Louisiana", U.S.A.
Thelyphonus rufus: unknown.
Mastigoproctus giganteus floridanus: Florida, U.S.A.
Latitude: 20°N
Longitude: 100°W
Coordinates based upon: Mexico (IMPRECISE)
Uropygi Thorell 1883
Order
Thelyphonoidea Lucas 1835
Superfamily
Thelyphonidae Lucas, 1835
Family
Mastigoproctinae Speijer 1933
Subfamily
Mastigoproctus Pocock, 1894
Genus
Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas, 1835)
Species
Thelyphonus giganteus Lucas, 1835b: without pagination, plate 8; Lamarck, 1838: 117; C.L. Koch, 1843: 21-22, figs 767-768; Gervais, 1844: 12; C.L. Koch, 1850: 85; Wood, 1863b: 374; Butler, 1872: 201; Marx, 1888a: 42; Marx, 1892: 252-254; Marx, 1893: 54-55; Shipley, 1909: fig. 524.
Thelyphonus excubitor Girard, 1854: 236-238, plate XVII figs 1-4 (synonymised by Wood, 1863b: 374).
Thelyphonus rufus Butler, 1872: 205-206, fig. 8 (synonymised by Pocock, 1894a: 130).
Thelyphonus (?) rufus Butler: Tarnani, 1890a: 538.
Thelyphonus (?) giganteus Lucas: Tarnani, 1890a: 538.
Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas): Pocock, 1894a: 130; Kraepelin, 1897a: 37-38, figs 10b, 38b; Lönnberg, 1897a: 190; Banks, 1898: 289; Kraepelin, 1899a: 224a; Banks, 1900: 422; Kraepelin, 1901b: 263; Pocock, 1902a: figs 2, 9; Pocock, 1902b: figs 40a, 41a-b; Pocock, 1902c: 47, plate X figs 1-4; Werner, 1902: 606; Börner, 1903: fig. 15; Banks, 1904a: 143; Börner, 1904: 5, text figs 9a-b, 19, 60, figs 4, 6, 49-50, 56-58, 61, 97; Tarnani, 1905: xi; Börner, 1904: fig. 3; Buxton, 1913: 238; Comstock, 1913: 19, fig. 14; Petrunkevitch, 1913: fig. 17; Patten, 1917: 251-275, figs 1, 3-4; Howard, 1919: 26; Barrows, 1925: 500, figs 34-35; Mello-Leitão, 1931: 27, fig. 11; Kästner, 1932: figs 19, 37, 65; Werner, 1935a: 468, figs 21a, 27, 37, 42-43, 52, 66, 75, 80, 97; Snodgrass, 1948: figs 5b, 9a-h; Gertsch, 1949: 17; Millot, 1949a: fig. 49; Millot, 1949c: figs 287, 290, 292a-b, 294a-b, 297a-b, 298-299; Petrunkevitch, 1949: figs 1-2, 31-33, 43-46, 49-52; Petrunkevitch, 1952: fig. 1; Henry, 1954: 2-3, figs 1-2; Horne, 1955: 155-159; Petrunkevitch, 1955a: figs 33(2), 84(2); Kästner, 1956: fig. 514; Janetschek, 1957: figs 5-6; Eisner, Meinwald, Monro and Ghent, 1961: 272-297, figs 1-22; McKenzie, 1965: 35; Barr and Reddell, 1967: 259; Muma, 1967a: 21-23, fig. 16; Cloudsley-Thompson, 1968: 146, 147, 148; Kaestner, 1968: 117, 119, fig. 10-1; Legendre, 1968: 36, fig. 27; Levi and Levi, 1968: 116, unnumbered fig.; Besch, 1969: 730; Lawrence, 1969c: 125, 130; Weygoldt, 1969: fig. 8; Ahearn, 1970: 339-351, figs 1-6; Weygoldt, 1970b: 1-7, figs 1a-b, 2a-d, 3a-f, 4a-e; Crawford and Cloudsley-Thompson, 1971: 99-106, fig. 1; Reddell, 1971a: 28; Reddell and Mitchell, 1971a: 145, fig. 18; Reddell and Mitchell, 1971b: 185; Weygoldt, 1971: 137-141, figs 1a-b, 2a-b, 3-4, 5a-c, 6, plates Ia-d, Iia-c, IIIa-c; Weygoldt, 1972b: figs 3a-c, 6b, 7a-d, 13b; Weygoldt, 1972d: figs 5a-e, 6; Firstman, 1973: 5, 22-23, figs 14-15; Reddell and Elliott, 1973b: 183; Rowland and Cooke, 1973: 68; Cutler and Richards, 1974: 1394; Cloudsley-Thompson, 1975: 266, 273, 274; Muma, 1975b: 262; Weygoldt, 1975b: 311; Weygoldt, 1975c: figs 2a-e, 5a-c; Rowland and Reddell, 1976: 3-4; Cloudsley-Thompson, 1978: 186, 188; Jespersen, 1978: 241, figs 21-23; Cokendolpher and Bryce, 1980: 18; Garcia Acosta, 1980: 43; Haupt, Emde and Weygoldt, 1980: 205-213, figs 1-8; Crawford, 1981: 21, 35-36, 56, 59, 78, 86, 134, 137, 215, fig. 12c; Reddell, 1981: 124; Levi, 1982a: plate 94; Vasta and Cohen, 1984: 334-340; Homann, 1985: 70; Cloudsley-Thompson, 1986: 30; Shultz, 1989: 11, figs 1d, 5d, 9d, 15d; Barnes, 1987: 508, figs 13-15, 13-16a-b; Minton and Moreno, 1988: 35; Coddington, Larcher and Cokendolpher, 1990: 11; Corey and Stout, 1990: 169, 170; Crawford, 1990: 434, fig. 16.5; Weygoldt, 1990: figs 2C, 2E; Selden, Shear and Bonamo, 1991: fig. 5; Shultz, 1991: 13-31, figs 5c, 7-11; Shultz, 1992a: fig. 1a; 314-328, figs 1a, 2-3; Shultz, 1992b: 148-150, figs 1-2; Shultz, 1993: figs 1, 2a-c, 3a-b, 4a-d, 5a-b, 6, 7a-b, 8, 9a-b; Wheeler, Cartright and Hayashi, 1993: 20; Dunlop, 1994b: 267; Dunlop, 1994d: 10, unnumbered fig.; Ruppert and Barnes, 1994: fig. 13-13; Alberti, 1995: fig. 5a; Vázquez Rojas, 1995: 35, 36; Wheeler, 1995: 324; Vázquez Rojas, 1996c: 67-69; Regier and Shultz, 1997: 905; Wheeler, 1997: 89; Selden and Dunlop, 1998: fig. 7.1; Wheeler and Hyashi, 1998: 179; Alberti, 2000: 313, fig. 7a; Lazell, 2000: fig. 2a; Punzo, 2000b: 385-386; Schmidt, Dani, Jones and Morgan, 2000: 443-450; Ax, 2001: figs 47b-g; Coddington and Colwell, 2001: 211; Giribet, Edgecombe and Wheeler, 2001: 158; Punzo, 2001: 35-39, figs 3-4; Punzo and Reeves, 2001: 93-96, figs 1-2; Giribet, Edgecombe, Wheeler and Babbitt, 2002: 14; Dunlop and Martill, 2002: figs 5a-b; Weygoldt, 2002f: 466, 467, 468, fig. 634; Harvey, 2003c: 66; Schmidt, 2003: 11; Haupt, 2004b: figs 3a-d; Giribet, Richter, Edgecombe and Wheeler, 2005: 323; Punzo, 2005: 172-173; Punzo and Olsen, 2005: 206-211, fig. 1; Punzo, 2006b: 266-267; Klompen, Lekveishvili and Black, 2007: 940; Punzo, 2007: 66-72; Bourlat, Nielsen, Economou and Telford, 2008: 25; Masta and Boore, 2008: 950, 953; Regier, Shultz, Ganley, Hussey, Shi, Ball, Zwick, Stajich, Cummings, Martin and Cunningham, 2008: 923; Carrel and Britt, 2009: 500-502, figs 1-4; Haupt, 2009a: figs 1, 4, 10.
Mastigoproctus giganteus floridanus Lönnberg, 1897a: 189-191 (synonymised by Kraepelin, 1899a: 224).
Not Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas): Franganillo, 1930: 92 (misidentification, see Mastigoproctus pelegrini Armas); Franganillo, 1931: 48 (misidentification, see Mastigoproctus pelegrini Armas).
Type Locality
Thelyphonus giganteus: Mexico.
Thelyphonus excubitor: Red River, "Louisiana", U.S.A.
Thelyphonus rufus: unknown.
Mastigoproctus giganteus floridanus: Florida, U.S.A.
Distribution
Latitude: 20°N
Longitude: 100°W
Coordinates based upon: Mexico (IMPRECISE)
Uropygi Thorell 1883
Order
Thelyphonoidea Lucas 1835
Superfamily
Thelyphonidae Lucas, 1835
Family
Mastigoproctinae Speijer 1933
Subfamily
Mastigoproctus Pocock, 1894
Genus