Heterophrynus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Heterophrynus
Heterophrynus 02.jpg
Indeterminate species of Heterophrynus from Ecuador
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Amblypygi
Family: Phrynidae
Subfamily: Heterophryninae
Genus: Heterophrynus
Pocock, 1894
Type species

Gervais, 1842

Heterophrynus is a genus of whip spiders, also known as tailless whip scorpions (order Amblypygi), of the family Phrynidae. It is mostly distributed in South America.

Species[]

There are 16 species:[1]

  • Pocock, 1902
  • Pocock, 1902
  • Butler, 1873
  • Giupponi & Kury, 2013
  • Armas, Torres-Contreras & Alvarez Garcia, 2015
  • Pocock, 1894
  • Gervais, 1842 (type species)
  • Pocock, 1903
  • Wood, 1869
  • de Armas, 2015
  • Butler, 1873
  • C.L. Koch, 1840
  • Mello-Leitão, 1940
  • Giupponi & Kury, 2013
  • Mello-Leitão, 1931
  • Alvarez Garcia, de Armas & Diaz Perez, 2015

References[]

  1. ^ Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
Retrieved from ""