Phrynus

Phrynus Temporal range: Neogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Phrynus whitei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Amblypygi
Family:	Phrynidae
Subfamily:	Phryninae
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 Phrynus exsul from Indonesia. ^[4]

Freshly moulted Phrynus barbadensis.

List of species

• Phrynus alejandroi Armas & Teruel, 2010
• Phrynus araya Colmenares Garcia & Villarreal Manzanilla 2008
• Phrynus asperatipes Wood, 1863
• Phrynus barbadensis (Pocock, 1894)
• Phrynus calypso Joya, 2017
• Phrynus cozumel Armas, 1995
• Phrynus damonidaensis Quintero, 1981
• Phrynus decoratus Teruel & Armas, 2005
• Phrynus eucharis Armas & Perez Gonzalez, 2001
• Phrynus exsul Harvey 2002
• Phrynus fuscimanus Koch, 1847
• Phrynus garridoi Armas, 1994
• Phrynus gervaisii (Pocock, 1894)
• Phrynus goesii Thorell, 1889
• Phrynus hispaniolae Armas & Perez Gonzalez, 2001
• Phrynus hoffmannae Armas & Gadar, 2004
• Phrynus kennidae Armas & Perez Gonzalez, 2001
• Phrynus levii Quintero, 1981
• Phrynus longipes (Pocock, 1894)
• Phrynus maesi Armas, 1996
• Phrynus marginemaculatus Koch, 1841
• Phrynus noeli Armas & Perez, 1994
• Phrynus operculatus Pocock, 1902
• Phrynus palenque Armas, 1995
• Phrynus panche Armas & Angarita Arias 2008
• Phrynus parvulus Pocock, 1902
• Phrynus pinarensis Franganillo, 1930
• Phrynus pinero Armas & Avila Calvo, 2000
• Phrynus pseudoparvulus Armas & Viquez, 2001
• Phrynus pulchripes (Pocock, 1894)
• Phrynus santarensis (Pocock, 1894)
• Phrynus similis Armas, Viquez & Trujillo, 2013
• Phrynus tessellatus (Pocock, 1894)
• Phrynus viridescens Franganillo, 1931
• Phrynus whitei Gervais, 1842
• †Phrynus fossilis Keferstein, 1834
• †Phrynus mexicana Poinar & Brown, 2004
• †Phrynus resinae (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 (2): 117–166. JSTOR   3704962.
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.