Phrynichus (arachnid) explained

Phrynichus is a genus of tailless whipscorpions in the family Phrynichidae. There are about 16 described species in Phrynichus.

Species

These 17 species belong to the genus Phrynichus:

• Phrynichus brevispinatus Weygoldt, 1998

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• Phrynichus ceylonicus (C. L. Koch, 1843)

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• Phrynichus deflersi Simon, 1887

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• Phrynichus dhofarensis Weygoldt, Pohl and Polak, 2002

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• Phrynichus exophthalmus Whittick, 1940

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• Phrynichus gaucheri Weygoldt, 1998

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• Phrynichus heurtaultae Weygoldt, Pohl and Polak, 2002

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• Phrynichus jayakari Pocock, 1894

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• Phrynichus longespina (Simon, 1936)

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• Phrynichus madagascariensis Weygoldt, 1998

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• Phrynichus nigrimanus (C. L. Koch, 1847)

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• Phrynichus orientalis Weygoldt, 1998

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• Phrynichus phipsoni Pocock, 1894

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• Phrynichus pusillus Pocock, 1894

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• Phrynichus scaber (Gervais, 1844)

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• Phrynichus spinitarsus Karsch, 1879

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• Phrynichus persicus, Miranda and Zamani, 2018)

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Amazonia Arachnids and Myriapoda . P.. 2002. Amblypygi. Pensoft Publishers. 293–301.
• Book: Capinera . John L.. 2008. Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 978-1402062421.
• Book: Comstock . John Henry. 1912. The spider book: A manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whip-scorpions, harvestmen, and other members of the class arachnida, found in America North of Mexico, with analytical keys for their clas.... 978-1295195817.
• Book: Harvey . Mark S.. 2003. Catalogue of the Smaller Arachnid Orders of the World: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. CSIRO Publishing. 0-643-06805-8.
• Harvey . Mark S.. 2002. The neglected cousins: what do we know about the smaller arachnid orders?. The Journal of Arachnology. 30. 2. 357–372. 0161-8202. 10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0357:TNCWDW]2.0.CO;2. 59047074.
• Book: Jackman . John A.. 2002. A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing. 978-0877192640.