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Paraphrynus laevifrons

Paraphrynus laevifrons

Pocock, 1894

GBIF:114099779

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Descriptions(10)

Large size (total length: 23 to 28 mm). In general, most specimens are dark brown, but there are some reddish, with legs and cephalothorax more yellow than belly. The first spine of basitarsus pedipalpal (Bd-1) is shorter than the third (Bd-3). It has five spines on the pedipalp trochanter, four in the internal lateral and central.
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It is common at the beginning of the night, frequent large trees with cracks and hiding places, also in earthen walls and caves, it is not easy to catch because it move very fast and usually hide quickly
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Anteniformes legs are used as a means to induce the female to copulate prior to a dance, then the male deposits a spermatophore, with their legs or pedipalps guide the female to pick them up with your genitals, the babies are located on the abdomen of the female until the second moult, when leaving the back of the mother.
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At this time their conservation status is unknown.
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Un protected
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Pseudogaurax flies lay their eggs in the egg sacs of amblypygids, including this species,then the larvae eat eggs and / or embryos and, once fully developed, they move to the back of the whip spider abdomen, where they pupae.
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Guatemala, Ddepartment of Escuintla, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia.
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In Costa Rica has a wide distribution, including both slopes (Atlantic and Pacific) and different environments, both moist and wet and dry,
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This species has several forms that differ mainly in color, size and characteristics of certain spines of pedipalp.
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Viquez (2003) mentioned females from Costa Rica with 17 to 69 eggs or embryos.
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CITATIONS

References(2)

  • 1

    Salvin, Osbert,Pocock, Reginald I,Godman, Frederick D (1902) Biologia Centrali-Americana

    book chapter
  • 2

    de Armas, Luis F: Dos nuevas especies de Hansenochrus y Rowlandius (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) de Costa Rica

    journal article
  • Source Information

    Arácnidos de Centroamérica

    checklist

    Miller S, Rycroft S. Arácnidos de Centroamérica. Scratchpads. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ylauhk accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-17.

    GBIF Usage Key
    114099779
    Dataset Key
    b040c606-644f-4f6b-8f43-124c2a00d345
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2181286
    Taxon ID
    a42ae148-d746-41b0-8213-94fcd5778031
    Last Crawled
    3/31/2026
    Last Interpreted
    3/31/2026