Charon oenpelli

Charon oenpelli is a species of amblypygid arachnid (whip-spider) in the Charontidae family.

It was described in 1998 by Australian arachnologists Mark Harvey and Paul West.

The specific epithet oenpelli refers to the type locality.

[1][2] The species is a predatory cave dweller and has some troglophilic characteristics, including reduced pedipalps and eyes as well as pale colouration.

[1] The species occurs in Arnhem Land, in the tropical Top End of the Northern Territory.