Palpigrade
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Prokoenenia
microwhip scorpions
Prokoenenia is a genus of microwhip scorpions (order Palpigradi) in the family Prokoeneniidae, established by Carl Julius Bernhard Börner in 1901. The genus comprises six recognized species distributed across tropical and subtropical regions of North America, South America, and Southeast Asia. Members of this genus are among the smallest arachnids, inhabiting soil and leaf litter habitats. As with all palpigrades, they possess a characteristic whip-like flagellum on the first pair of walking legs.