Phrynus

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Phrynus
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Whip Spider (Phrynus whitei) (36733423705).jpg
Phrynus whitei
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Amblypygi
Family: Phrynidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Phrynus
Lamarck, 1801

Phrynus is a genus of whip spiders found in tropical and subtropical regions, mostly in the new world.[1]

Appearance[]

Like other species of the order Amblypygi, species of the genus Phrynus are dorso-ventrally flattened arachnids with elongate, antenniform front legs used to navigate their environment and communicate with conspecifics.[2] Individuals capture prey using raptorial pedipalps. Phrynus species vary in size, from the small Phrynus marginemaculatus to the larger Phrynus longipes. At least one species of Phrynus is territorial and cannibalistic (Phrynus longipes).[3] Phrynus is a New World genus, found from the southern United States to northern South America; the sole exception is from Indonesia.[4]

Freshly moulted Phrynus barbadensis.

List of species[]

  • Armas & Teruel, 2010
  • Colmenares Garcia & Villarreal Manzanilla 2008
  • Wood, 1863
  • (Pocock, 1894)
  • Joya, 2017
  • Armas, 1995
  • Quintero, 1981
  • Teruel & Armas, 2005
  • Armas & Perez Gonzalez, 2001
  • Harvey 2002
  • Koch, 1847
  • Phrynus garridoi Armas, 1994
  • (Pocock, 1894)
  • Thorell, 1889
  • Armas & Perez Gonzalez, 2001
  • Armas & Gadar, 2004
  • Armas & Perez Gonzalez, 2001
  • Quintero, 1981
  • Phrynus longipes (Pocock, 1894)
  • Armas, 1996
  • Phrynus marginemaculatus Koch, 1841
  • Armas & Perez, 1994
  • Phrynus operculatus Pocock, 1902
  • Armas, 1995
  • Armas & Angarita Arias 2008
  • Pocock, 1902
  • Franganillo, 1930
  • Armas & Avila Calvo, 2000
  • Armas & Viquez, 2001
  • (Pocock, 1894)
  • (Pocock, 1894)
  • Armas, Viquez & Trujillo, 2013
  • (Pocock, 1894)
  • Franganillo, 1931
  • Gervais, 1842
  • † Keferstein, 1834
  • † Poinar & Brown, 2004
  • † (Schawaller, 1979)

Original publication[]

  • Lamarck, 1801 : Système des Animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Paris, p. 1-432.

References[]

  1. ^ Diomedes Quintero, Jr. (1981). "The amblypygid genus Phrynus in the Americas (Amblypygi, Phrynidae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 9: 117–166.
  2. ^ Chapin, KJ; Hebets, EA (2016). "Behavioral ecology of amblypygids". Journal of Arachnology. 44 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1636/V15-62.1. S2CID 29923727.
  3. ^ Chapin KJ; Hill-Lindsay S (2015). "Territoriality evidenced by asymmetric intruder-holder motivation in an amblypygid". Behavioural Processes. 122: 110–115. doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2015.11.014. PMID 26616673. S2CID 37584495.
  4. ^ Rahmadi, Cahyo; Harvey, Mark S. (2007). "The female of Phrynus exsul (Amblypygi, Phrynidae) from Indonesia". Journal of Arachnology. 35 (1): 137–142. doi:10.1636/SH06-21.1. ISSN 0161-8202. S2CID 55125356.
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