Phrynarachne Explained

Phrynarachne is a genus of crab spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.^[1]

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following 35 species:

• Phrynarachne bimaculata Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
• Phrynarachne brevis Tang & Li, 2010 – China
• Phrynarachne ceylonica (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1884) – India, Sri Lanka to China, Taiwan, Japan
• Phrynarachne cheesmanae (Berland, 1938) – Vanuatu
• Phrynarachne clavigera Simon, 1903 – Madagascar
• Phrynarachne coerulescens (Doleschall, 1859) – Java
• Phrynarachne cucullata Simon, 1886 – Cambodia, Vietnam, Moluccas
• Phrynarachne decipiens (Forbes, 1883) – Malaysia, Java, Sumatra
• Phrynarachne dissimilis (Doleschall, 1859) – Java
• Phrynarachne dreepy Lin & Li, 2022 – China
• Phrynarachne fatalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 – Sri Lanka
• Phrynarachne gracilipes Pavesi, 1895 – Ethiopia
• Phrynarachne huangshanensis Li, Chen & Song, 1985 – China
• Phrynarachne jobiensis (Thorell, 1877) – New Guinea
• Phrynarachne kannegieteri Hasselt, 1893 – Sumatra
• Phrynarachne katoi Chikuni, 1955 – China, Korea, Japan
• Phrynarachne lancea Tang & Li, 2010 – China
• Phrynarachne mammillata Song, 1990 – China
• Phrynarachne marmorata Pocock, 1899 – Equatorial Guinea
• Phrynarachne melloleitaoi Lessert, 1933 – Angola
• Phrynarachne olivacea Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast
• Phrynarachne papulata Thorell, 1891 – Myanmar
• Phrynarachne papulata aspera Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
• Phrynarachne peeliana (Stoliczka, 1869) – India
• Phrynarachne pusiola Simon, 1903 – Madagascar
• Phrynarachne rothschildi Pocock & Rothschild, 1903 – Sri Lanka
• Phrynarachne rubroperlata Simon, 1907 – West Africa
• Phrynarachne rugosa (Latreille, 1804) (type species) – West Africa, Malawi, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion
• Phrynarachne tuberculata Rainbow, 1899 – New Guinea
• Phrynarachne tuberosa (Blackwall, 1864) – India
• Phrynarachne tuberosula (Karsch, 1880) – West Africa
• Phrynarachne xuxiake Lin & Li, 2022 – China
• Phrynarachne yunhui Lin & Li, 2022 – Hainan
• Phrynarachne zhengzhongi Lin & Li, 2022 – China

Notes and References

1. Thorell. T.. 1869. On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 3. 7. 1–108.