Megaschizomus
{{Short description|Genus of shorttailed whipscorpions}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Megaschizomus
| authority = Lawrence, 1969
| type_species = Megaschizomus mossambicus
| type_species_authority = (Lawrence, 1958)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 2, see text
}}
Megaschizomus is a genus of hubbardiid short-tailed whipscorpions, first described by Reginald Frederick Lawrence in 1969.{{Cite journal |last=Lawrence |first=Reginald Frederick |date=1969 |title=The Uropygi (Arachnida: Schizomida) of the Ethiopian region |journal=Journal of Natural History |volume=3 |issue= |pages=217–260 |doi=10.1080/00222936900770201}}
Species
{{as of|2022|9}}, the World Schizomida Catalog accepts the following two species:{{cite web |title=Megaschizomus Lawrence, 1969 |url=https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/schizomida/species/709 |access-date=15 September 2022 |website=World Schizomida Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern}}
- Megaschizomus mossambicus (Lawrence, 1958) – Mozambique
- Megaschizomus zuluanus (Lawrence, 1947) – South Africa
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q368146}}
{{Arachnid-stub}}