title: Two new species of whip spider (Amblypygi): an epigean and a cave dwelling Charinus Simon, 1892 from Belize.
abstract: Central America is rich in whip spider species, mainly of the genera Phrynus and Paraphrynus (Phrynidae), but also includes few registers of Charinus (Charinidae) with no description of taxa. In this paper two new species of Charinus from Belize are described and illustrated (Charinus belizensis sp. nov. and Charinus reddelli sp. nov.) being the first species named from Central America. New records of Charinus victori Armas, 2010 from Puerto Rico, a comparative table listing the differential characters of the Caribbean and Central American species, and a distributional map of those species are also provided.
authors.affiliation: Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Email: smiranda.gustavo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gustavo Silva De
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Referência Nacional em Vetores das Riquetsioses, LIRN-FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Alessandro Ponce De Leão
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Giupponi
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B3, Canada Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Gil
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wizen
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001097:Arachnida / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D001531:Belize; D049628:Body Size; D059552:Caves; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size