Prychia Explained

Prychia is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875.^[1]

Species

it contains five species, found on Fiji, in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and on the Polynesian Islands:^[2]

• Prychia gracilis L. Koch, 1875 (type) – New Guinea to Fiji, Polynesia
• Prychia maculata Karsch, 1878 – New Guinea
• Prychia paalonga (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines (Mindanao)
• Prychia pallidula Strand, 1911 – New Guinea
• Prychia suavis Simon, 1897 – Philippines

See also

• List of Sparassidae species

Notes and References

1. Book: Koch, L.. 1875. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg 1. 577–740. Ludwig_Carl_Christian_Koch.
2. Gen. Prychia L. Koch, 1875. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.