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Phrynus
Phrynus sp., Nusa Penida, Indonesia
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Phrynus

Lamarck, 1801

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

Appearance

Like other species of Amblypygi, Phrynus species 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

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.
  • "Phrynus Lamarck, 1801". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

See also

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.
  3. ^ Chapin KJ; Hill-Lindsay S (2015). "Territoriality evidenced by asymmetric intruder-holder motivation in an amblypygid". Behavioural Processes. 122: 110–115.
  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.