Phrynus

Phrynus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Amblypygi
Family: Phrynidae
Genus: Phrynus
Binomial name
Phrynus
Lamark, 1801

Phrynus is a genus of Amblypygi found in tropical and subtropical regions, mostly in the new world.[1]

Appearance

Like other species of Amblypygi, Phrynus species are dorso-ventrally flattened arachnids with elongate, antenniform front legs used to navigate their environment and communicate with conspecifics.[2] Individuals capture prey using raptorial pedipalps. Phrynus species vary in size, from the small Phrynus marginemaculatus to the larger Phrynus longipes. At least one species of Phrynus is territorial and cannibalistic (Phrynus longipes).[3]

List of species

Original publication

External links

See also

References

  1. Diomedes Quintero, Jr. (1981). "The amblypygid genus Phrynus in the Americas (Amblypygi, Phrynidae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology 9: 117–166.
  2. Chapin, KJ; Hebets, EA (2016). "Behavioral ecology of amblypygids". Journal of Arachnology 44 (1): 1–14.
  3. Chapin KJ; Hill-Lindsay S (2015). "Territoriality evidenced by asymmetric intruder-holder motivation in an amblypygid". Behavioural Processes 122: 110–115.
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