Sarax

Diagnosis: Small to medium-sized whip spiders, adult body length less than 10 mm, but sometimes longer than 15 mm in cave-dwelling species; pedipalpal patella with three large primary spines, of which the distal spine is largest and the subsequent spines become shorter proximally or all of which are about equal in size; pedipalpal tibia with two dorsal spines and one ventral spine; pedipalpal tarsus clearly divided into two parts; tibial segments of leg I with 23 segments; basitibia of leg IV consisting of three or four segments; the uppermost cheliceral tooth bicuspid, the upper cusp larger than the lower cusp; ventral sac covers on the third abdominal sternite present; and eyes situated close to the margin of the carapace.

Type species: Phrynichosarax cochinensis Gravely 1915, by original designation.

Type species: Sarax brachydactylus Simon 1892, by original designation.