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Prychia

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Prychia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Prychia
L. Koch, 1875[1]
Type species
P. gracilis
L. Koch, 1875
Species

5, see text

Prychia is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875.[2]

Species

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As of October 2020 it contains five species, found on Fiji, in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and on the Polynesian Islands:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Prychia L. Koch, 1875". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. ^ Koch, L. (1875). Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg 1. pp. 577–740.