Uroproctus

{{short description|Genus of whip scorpions}}

{{Speciesbox

| parent_authority = Pocock, 1894

| genus = Uroproctus

| species = assamensis

| authority = (Stoliczka, 1869)

}}

Uroproctus is a monotypic genus of Thelyphonid whip scorpions, first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1894.{{Cite journal |last=Pocock |first=Reginald Innes |date=1894 |title=Notes on the Thelyphonidae contained in the collection of the British Museum |journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History |volume=14 |issue=80 |pages=120–134 |doi=10.1080/00222939408677779|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/62216 }} Its single species, Uroproctus assamensis is distributed in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India and Nepal.{{cite web |date=2022 |title=Uroproctus Pocock, 1894 |url=https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/uropygi/species/824 |access-date=3 October 2022 |website=World Uropygi Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern}}