Valeriophonus

{{short description|Genus of whip scorpions}}

{{Speciesbox

| parent_authority = Víquez & Armas, 2005

| genus = Valeriophonus

| species = nara

| authority = (Valerio, 1981)

}}

Valeriophonus is a monotypic genus of Thelyphonid whip scorpions, first described by Víquez and Armas in 2005.{{Cite journal |last=Viquez |first=Carlos |last2=Armas |first2=Luis F. |date=2005 |title=Dos neuvos géneros de vinagrillos de Centroamérica y las Antillas (Arachnida: Thelyphonida) |journal=Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa |volume=37 |pages=95–98}} Its single species, Valeriophonus nara is distributed in Costa Rica.{{cite web |date=2022 |title=Valeriophonus Víquez and Armas, 2005 |url=https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/uropygi/species/840 |access-date=3 October 2022 |website=World Uropygi Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern}}