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[1] It is one of two living genera of the family Paracharontidae, alongside the South American Jorottui.[2] It is a troglobite having no eyes, with P. caecus found living in termite nests.[3][4]
^Harvey, M.S. (2003). Catalogue of the Smaller Arachnid Orders of the World: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 31.