Phrynichodamon scullyi (Purcell, 1902)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Phrynichus scullyi

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:ee37ec2a-9a94-4a8a-92cd-fc8c1f09f9b9


Genus type of Phrynichodamon Weygoldt, 1996

Taxonomic references

Phrynichus scullyi Purcell:

Purcell, 1902: 206 original description
Gravely, 1915b: 454
Mello-Leitão, 1931: 37 (as Phrynicus [sic] scullyi)
Lawrence, 1950: 276–278, figs. 1, 2a–b
Fage, 1951: 12, fig. 3
Lawrence, 1955: 260–261
Lawrence, 1967b: 17–18, fig. 8c
Lawrence, 1968a: 5, fig. 2a

Phrynichus (Myodalis?) scullyi Purcell:

Fage, 1951: n/a, fig. 3

Myodalis scullyi (Purcell):

Fage, 1954: 180, fig. 1
Lawrence, 1969b: 81, 86
Newlands, 1978: 691–692, fig. 2

Phrynichodamon scullyi (Purcell):

Weygoldt, 1996b: 122–125, figs. 15–18, 20–24
Weygoldt, 1998b: 260–261, figs. 1–8
Weygoldt, 1999c: 109, figs. 22–23
Weygoldt, 2000a: 28, figs. 38, 54, 134–136, 227–231, 293
Weygoldt, 2000b: 342, 346, fig. 7
Harvey, 2003c: 14

Distribution
Distribution table
Namibia
South Africa
Type locality: Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Nieuwoudtville -31.4 19.1
Type repository
  • South African Museum (SAM), Cape Town, South Africa
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B9889BA8-1EA3-40EE-9276-6F8690EAE35D

References

Fage, L. (1951). Pedipalpes (Amblypyges) récoltés en Angola par M. A. de Barros Machado. Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, Publiçacões Culturais 13: 9–17. -- Show included taxa

Fage, L. (1954). Remarques sur la distribution géographique des Pédipalpes Amblypyges africains, accompagnées de la description d'une espèce nouvelle de Madagascar: Charinus madagascariensis, nov. sp.. Annales du Musée du Congo Belge, Sciences Zoologiques 1: 180–184. -- Show included taxa

Gravely, F.H. (1915b). A revision of the Oriental subfamilies of Tarantulidae (order Pedipalpi). Records of the Indian Museum 11: 433–455. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (2003c). Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R.F. (1950). Notes on the whip-scorpions (Pedipalpi) of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 32: 275–285. -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R.F. (1955). Solifugae, scorpions and Pedipalpi, with checklists and keys to South African families, genera and species. In: South African animal life. Results of the Lund Expedition in 1950-1951 Almquist and Wiksell, Stockholm 1: 152–262. -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R.F. (1967b). Additions to the fauna of South West Africa: solifuges, scorpions and Pedipalpi. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 34: 1–19. -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R.F. (1968a). The structure of the cleaning brush on the pedipalps of some African Amblypygi (Arachnida). Journal of Zoology, London 154: 1–8. -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R.F. (1969b). A collection of African Amblypygi with keys to the subfamilies, genera and species of the Ethiopian fauna. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 80: 80–87. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. (1931). Pedipalpos do Brasil e algumas notas sobre a ordem. Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 33: 8–72. -- Show included taxa

Newlands, G. (1978). Arachnida (except Acari). In: Werger, M.J.A. (ed.) Biogeography and ecology of southern Africa Junk, The Hague 31: 685–702. -- Show included taxa

Purcell, W.F. (1902). On some South African Arachnida belonging to the orders Scorpiones, Pedipalpi, and Solifugae. Annals of the South African Museum 2: 137–225. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (1996b). The relationships of the south east African whip spiders Hemiphrynus machadoi Fage, 1951 and Phrynichus scullyi Purcell, 1901: introduction of the new generic names Xerophrynus and Phrynichodamon (Chelicerata: Amblypygi). Zoologischer Anzeiger 235: 117–130. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (1998b). Mating and spermatophore morphology in whip spiders (Phrynichodamon scullyi [Purcell, 1901], Damon gracilis nov. spec., Damon variegatus [Perty, 1834] and Euphrynichus bacillifer [Gerstaecker, 1873]) (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Phrynichidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 236: 259–276. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (1999c). Spermatophores and the evolution of female genitalia in whip spiders (Chelicerata, Amblypygi). Journal of Arachnology 27: 103–116. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (2000a). Whip spiders (Chelicerata: Amblypygi). Their biology, morphology and systematics. Apollo Books, Stenstrup. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (2000b). African whip spiders. Synopsis of the Amblypygi reported from Africa (Arachnida). Memorie della Societé Entomologica Italiana, Supplemento 78: 339–359. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-04-16 Species updated Old value
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 2000
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 2000
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 1999
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 1998
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 1996
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Newlands, 1978
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Fage, 1954
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Fage, 1951
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Lawrence, 1968
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Lawrence, 1967
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Fage, 1951
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Lawrence, 1950
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-18 Species updated Old value