Paracharon

{{Short description|Genus of amblypygi}}

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| image = A_syntype_of_Paracharon_caecus.png

| image_caption = P. caecus

| genus = Paracharon

| parent_authority = Hansen, 1921

| species = caecus

| authority = Hansen, 1921

}}

Paracharon is a genus of tailless whip scorpion. A single species, Paracharon caecus has been described. It is endemic to Guinea-Bissau in West Africa.{{cite book|last=Harvey|first=M.S.|year=2003|title=Catalogue of the Smaller Arachnid Orders of the World: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae|location=Collingwood, Victoria, Australia|publisher=CSIRO Publishing|page=31}} It is one of two living genera of the family Paracharontidae, alongside the South American Jorottui.{{Cite journal |last1=Moreno-González |first1=Jairo A. |last2=Gutierrez-Estrada |first2=Miguel |last3=Prendini |first3=Lorenzo |date=2023-06-28 |title=Systematic Revision of the Whip Spider Family Paracharontidae (Arachnida: Amblypygi) with Description of a New Troglobitic Genus and Species from Colombia |url=https://bioone.org/journals/american-museum-novitates/volume-2023/issue-4000/4000.1/Systematic-Revision-of-the-Whip-Spider-Family-Paracharontidae-Arachnida/10.1206/4000.1.full |journal=American Museum Novitates |volume=4000 |pages=1–36 |doi=10.1206/4000.1 |issn=0003-0082}} It is a troglobite having no eyes, with P. caecus found living in termite nests.{{cite journal |last1=de Miranda |first1=Gustavo S |last2=Kulkarni |first2=Siddharth S |last3=Tagliatela |first3=Jéssica |last4=Baker |first4=Caitlin M |last5=Giupponi |first5=Alessandro P L |last6=Labarque |first6=Facundo M |last7=Gavish-Regev |first7=Efrat |last8=Rix |first8=Michael G |last9=Carvalho |first9=Leonardo S |last10=Fusari |first10=Lívia Maria |last11=Harvey |first11=Mark S |last12=Wood |first12=Hannah M |last13=Sharma |first13=Prashant P |title=The rediscovery of a relict unlocks the first global phylogeny of whip spiders (Amblypygi) |journal=Systematic Biology |date=2024 |volume=73 |issue=3 |pages=495–505 |doi=10.1093/sysbio/syae021}}{{Cite journal |last1=Garwood |first1=Russell J. |last2=Dunlop |first2=Jason A. |last3=Knecht |first3=Brian J. |last4=Hegna |first4=Thomas A. |date=December 2017 |title=The phylogeny of fossil whip spiders |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology |language=en |volume=17 |issue=1 |page=105 |doi=10.1186/s12862-017-0931-1 |pmc=5399839 |pmid=28431496 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2017BMCEE..17..105G }}