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Phryninae

Phryninae

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Key to troglomorphic species of Phryninae:

1. Dorsal margin of pedipalp patella with one spine between the two longest spines ( Phrynus)........................... 2

- Dorsal margin of pedipalp patella with two spines between the two longest spines ( Paraphrynus)...................... 3

2. Ocular tubercle reduced, with black pigmentation; chelicera with three teeth on external margin of retrolateral surface (Pinar del Rio, Cuba).............................................................................. Phrynus noeli

- Nearly obsolete ocular tubercle is the same color as the carapace (pale brown); chelicera with one or two teeth on external mar- gin of retrolateral surface (Chiapas, Mexico).............................................. Phrynus perrii sp. nov.

3. Median eyes reduced or absent, but at least lateral eyes present.................................................4

- All eyes entirely missing and lacking ocular tubercle (Yucatán, Mexico).......................... Paraphrynus reddelli

4. Median eyes reduced but present; ocular tubercle nearly obsolete................................................ 5

- Median eyes and ocular tubercle absent (San Luis Potosí, Mexico)............................... Paraphrynus velmae

5. Pedipalp tarsus lacking such a dorso-lateral spine............................................................6

- Pedipalp tarsus with a small dorso-lateral spine (Quintana Roo and Yucatán, Mexico).............. Paraphrynus chacmool

6. Pedipalp Fv1 spine slightly curved or only hook shaped at the apex.............................................. 7

- Pedipalp Fv1 spine straight (Tamaulipas, Mexico)............................................ Paraphrynus baeops

7. Pedipalp Fv1 spine slightly curved full length; anterior edge of carapace strongly bilobed; basal segment of chelicera with one tooth on external margin of retrolateral surface (Tabasco, Mexico)............................... Paraphrynus chiztun

- Pedipalp Fv1 spine curved only of apex (hook shaped); anterior edge of carapace moderately bilobed; basal segment of chelic- era with two teeth on external margin of retrolateral surface, the distal tooth slightly smaller and somewhat blunt (Oaxaca, Mexico)............................................................................. Paraphrynus grubbsi

Guzmán, Ali Abadallan, Joya, Daniel Chirivi, Francke, Oscar F. (2015): The first troglomorphic species of the genus Phrynus Lamarck, 1801 (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) from Mexico. Zootaxa 3920 (3): 474-482, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.3.6MagnoliaPress via PlaziNo known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

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The first troglomorphic species of the genus Phrynus Lamarck, 1801 (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) from Mexico

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Guzmán, Ali Abadallan, Joya, Daniel Chirivi, Francke, Oscar F. (2015): The first troglomorphic species of the genus Phrynus Lamarck, 1801 (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) from Mexico. Zootaxa 3920 (3): 474-482, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.3.6

Abstract

A new troglomorphic species, Phrynus perrii sp. nov., is described from two adult females from Cueva del Naranjo, Municipio Cintalapa, Chiapas, Mexico. This is the first continental record of a troglomorphic Phrynus species, and the second troglomorphic species of the genus. With the description of this species, in Mexico there are ten extant species, plus one fossil of the genus Phrynus, and it is the seventh species of troglobitic whip spiders from Mexico, making it the country with the highest richness of amblypygids species worldwide.

Key words: whip spiders, Phrynus perrii sp. nov., troglomorphic, Chiapas

Guzmán A A, Joya D C, Francke O F, plazi (2015). The first troglomorphic species of the genus Phrynus Lamarck, 1801 (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) from Mexico. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3920.3.6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

CC0Published 12/31/2015View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
119597524
Dataset Key
2534a6d3-3a8c-42d1-a137-62f157e1f739
Origin
source
Taxon ID
038C87DCD65DB027FF44FF61FA6BA359.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026