Phrynus

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Phrynus
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Phrynus whitei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Amblypygi
Family: Phrynidae
Subfamily: Phryninae
Genus: Phrynus
Lamarck
, 1801

Phrynus is a

subtropical regions, mostly in the new world.[1]

Appearance

Like other species of the order

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

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. Journal of Arachnology
    . 9: 117–166.
  2. S2CID 29923727
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